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You make it sound like this is a highly differentiated market. We are talking about hosting hardware. Sure Slicehost (and others) throw some software in to the
by RobbieStats 17y ago
You make it sound like this is a highly differentiated market. We are talking about hosting hardware. Sure Slicehost (and others) throw some software in to the mix, but the main thing everyone buys is access to hardware (and not specialized hardware at that). So yeah, price does matter. I think it makes them vulnerable to new entrants into the market that can base their prices on today's hardware.
Also, I don't think this is a "small" shadow price increase. Hardware gets cheaper by 50% year-over-year. Even if you cut that in half, a 25% yearly decrease in hardware costs is pretty good for them.
- tptacek 17y agoYup. That sounds good. I'm still not moving to Linode. Slicehost fucking kicks ass. Everything it claims to do just works, with zero messing around. I have zero time to dick around with Linux kernel builds and drivers and ISOs and who-the-hell-knows. They could charge significantly more and it'd still be worth it to me. Other people value their time and effort differently. Slicehost might not get them. I think they've factored that in. =)
- RobbieStats 17y agoUnfortunately I have to agree with you ;-) My experience has been so good with them that my default option is to shell out more money and keep using them.