Rackspace hosted Techcrunch after we we loved to death on the old host and every single person there that we interacted with what not just competent, but went o

Rackspace hosted Techcrunch after we we loved to death on the old host and every single person there that we interacted with what not just competent, but went out of their way to make sure we were live and thriving. During one weekend the staff there split our wp instance between a separate web and db host + varnish without us even noticing because of increased traffic The additional hosting cost (which they waived for us in exchange for a sponsorship slot) were more than worth it when you consider what consulting costs were/are. I realize this might be a biased experience because of the high profile of TC - but i referred many people there during that time and only had awesome ++ feedback which was similar to our own experience I knew something was up when a lot of those smart people who were on the email chains suddenly responded with mailbox not found because they had left. It made sense then that the model of having competent people managing servers for small-medium businesses doesn't really work since those same people can earn much more while you're only ever going to get ~hundreds to single digit thousands from customers for that level of service. The economics of hosting + what is consulting, and to clients who pay bills on credit cards, just doesn't add up It made even more sense now after reading this article and knowing that the techs were pushed out by MBA's and finance people.