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What is ample time for a company that hired a webdev one time to build them a static website and never checks webmaster@domain emails? What is ample time when

by munk-a 5y ago

What is ample time for a company that hired a webdev one time to build them a static website and never checks webmaster@domain emails? What is ample time when you've got ops scripts set up to automatically do domain stuff but don't employ that person anymore? What is a reasonable money expenditure to migrate off a platform when you could look at the company record and see that you're much better off just choosing a different platform? Is a week or a month of dev hours worth putting your faith in a company notorious for randomly shuttering products? I feel like Google marketing has no idea the absolute monster of a problem they've created by allowing their business to get a reputation for being extremely unreliable in the B2B space.

throwaway_se099 5y ago
Yes they have a reputation for merciless shuttering of services, but come on. What is ample time for a company that hired a webdev one time to build them a static website and never checks webmaster@domain emails? That kind of outfit is much more likely to be a victim of missed renewal or a myriad other technical screwups than a Google-initiated exit of the registrar business. I feel like Google marketing has no idea the absolute monster of a problem they've created by allowing their business to get a reputation for being extremely unreliable in the B2B space. They can certainly count on a spate of hyperventilating HN posts whenever they announce any kind of service-related news. More seriously, their most celebrated servicides are consumer-oriented, like Google Reader. "Extremely unreliable in the B2B space" sounds like an exaggeration to me.
- munk-a 5y ago
  I mean my company, which isn't small, jumped ship from G-suite based SSO for Okta a few years back out of business concern - so while single anecdotes don't make for proofs it's definitely not non-existent. I'd also suggest just bringing your tone down, this isn't a fight and calling people on the other side of the argument "hyperventilating" doesn't really do anything to promote meaningful discussion.

by munk-a 5y ago

throwaway_se099 5y ago

Yes they have a reputation for merciless shuttering of services, but come on. What is ample time for a company that hired a webdev one time to build them a static website and never checks webmaster@domain emails? That kind of outfit is much more likely to be a victim of missed renewal or a myriad other technical screwups than a Google-initiated exit of the registrar business. I feel like Google marketing has no idea the absolute monster of a problem they've created by allowing their business to get a reputation for being extremely unreliable in the B2B space. They can certainly count on a spate of hyperventilating HN posts whenever they announce any kind of service-related news. More seriously, their most celebrated servicides are consumer-oriented, like Google Reader. "Extremely unreliable in the B2B space" sounds like an exaggeration to me.

munk-a 5y ago
I mean my company, which isn't small, jumped ship from G-suite based SSO for Okta a few years back out of business concern - so while single anecdotes don't make for proofs it's definitely not non-existent. I'd also suggest just bringing your tone down, this isn't a fight and calling people on the other side of the argument "hyperventilating" doesn't really do anything to promote meaningful discussion.