be creative!
There’s a lot of unoriginality being practiced out there on the internet. Being that I’m the reason the internet exists, I feel I must do something about it. Starting tonight, I’m going to start letting you guys know about the people out there who have clearly mimicked other individuals, and companies in order to make a profit for themselves.
Entity Number One: equonix.com
Anyone familiar with the web hosting industry has heard of equinix, they operate the largest datacenters in the world, and are host to some of the biggest names on the internet. The asshole who started equonix.com wasn’t very creative, so he simply took the name “equinix”, changed one letter, and started his company.
In recent days, I have seen a slew of threads about this company being posted at WHT Mainly over issues which arose when the company was sold. Some trusted individuals say that mark (the owner) has a history of less than ethical business practices. You can view the main thread over here.
More to come.
If you’re looking for people who practice ethical business, stay away from WebHostingTalk.
Actually, the whole web hosting industry isn’t exactly what I’d call honest. Dreamhost offering 1TB of data transfer is a fun example.
Comment by Jon — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 4:34 am
WHT has it’s ethical users. You’re only pissed off because they banned you after you declared the website a scam.
the industry is going down hill though, i agree with ya there.
Comment by mikey — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 7:18 am
I’m not pissed off myself about anything. Besides, I’m not really banned.
WHT has some ehtical users for sure, but as a whole… eh, matter of opinion I suppose.
I think a lot of the problems started when anyone could grab a server from Rackspace and declare themself a host.
Comment by Jon — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 7:34 am
rackspace? no. Rackshack? yes.
Comment by mikey — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 8:27 am
I always get those two confused.
Comment by Jon — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 8:51 am
rackspace is good, rackshack’s not really.
Comment by mikey — Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 @ 11:20 am