Hey, as long as you're being honest and frank about the situation, I know I, for one, appreciate knowing not just that there are products out there, but how they work and are or are not supported.
Your experience can save others of us tens of thousands of dollars, as well. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan Michaels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 1:03 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Experiences with Railo > > Please accept my apologies. I should not have stated this on a public > mailing list. It was an emotional response to past experiences that I > should have kept under control. > > Again, my apologies. > > Warm regards, > Jordan Michaels > Vivio Technologies > http://www.viviotech.net/ > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > Adobe Solution Provider > > > Jordan Michaels wrote: > > H-Shpere was unfortunately bought by the same folks that own Plesk - a > > company now called Parellels. I would not be surprised if they attempt > > to move H-Shpere users toward Plesk in the very near future. > > > > Parallels was previously SW-Soft - makers of Plesk and Virtuozzo and a > > whole host of very popular hosting-related software. They went through a > > buying spree about 6 months ago - buying up their competitors and > > absorbing their products and their customers. Some of the victims of > > this process were Comodo's H-sphere, FreeVPS (a Virtuozzo competitor) > > and CP+ (a Plesk competitor). Further development on FreeVPS and CP+ has > > been halted, and Parallels has made no attempts to offer a migration > > path for customers who were using them. This has cost my company tens of > > thousands of dollars in migration efforts away from CP+ and FreeVPS. > > It's a crying shame because both FreeVPS and CP+ were *excellent* > > products, and served us very well for many years. > > > > Parallels also publicly stated that they would offer migration paths for > > customers who were effected by their acquisitions - this never happened. > > Despite my phone calls and emails asking for said promised service. They > > never came through. > > > > Parallels lies. I do not trust them. I will not use, nor would I > > recommend their products, or products owned by them, to anyone. > > > > Warm regards, > > Jordan Michaels > > Vivio Technologies > > http://www.viviotech.net/ > > Open BlueDragon Steering Committee > > Adobe Solution Provider > > > > > > Gerald Guido wrote: > >> Yeah... I forgot about the whole MySQL Debacle with Plesk. That sucked. The > >> one thing I really liked about it was being able to use the API to manage > >> email accounts and user accounts right in our CMS. Anything to not have the > >> phone ring off the hook.... > >> > >> If you ever need a Hosting CP I would look at H-sphere. I have ran into a > >> few minor speed bumps with it, but over all I have been very happy with it > >> over the years. They have a single server version for *nix.. I think it is > >> free cuz I cant find a price for it. Anyways is only $4.50 per client > >> licence for the full blown version. > >> > >> http://www.psoft.net/promo/single_server.html > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:309417 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
