RackSpace buys Slicehost
4:20 pm October 22nd, 2008 by Sal Cangeloso
Congrats to the SliceHost team on their sale! I’ve had a chance to do some hosting there and I was really impressed with what they did. It’s pretty incredible what a few very smart people who clearly love their field can do in just two years.
That said, I’m not sure that this is the best news. Who knows what is going to happen to customer service and that sort of thing once the company is gobbled up by RackSpace. It looks like SliceHost is remaining somewhat independent, at least initially, but we are going to see a lot of technology crossing over in both directions, which is good in a lot of ways, but when it comes down to it SliceHost customers might not be able to expect the same level of support and interaction with Slice’s main team as before. I don’t have any specific issues with RackSpace, but it’s a big organzation and working with them won’t be like working with Slice, even if so much of the process is automated.
Getting bought out by a publicly traded company must have brought in a pretty penny.
I haven’t heard of rackspace in ages….
didn’t know they’re still here.
-Mike