[wp-hackers] WPMU gets b*tch-slapped on DreamHost

James geniosity at gmail.com
Sun May 31 12:32:45 GMT 2009


Any chance you could point to more info regarding MU and core merging? This
sounds cool but it's the first I've heard of it...

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Anthony Cole <lists at freshpacific.co.nz>wrote:

> Not to mention that DreamHost used to always give out a year of free
> hosting at WordCamp SF (not sure if it's still on as I haven't gone in two
> years).
>
> I've never liked them, and this just solidifies that point. You can't run a
> business like that and expect to keep good customers. It's either a really
> good marketing gimmick to get stupid people to move onto their more
> expensive products (and raise profit margins) or the absolute stupidity of
> whoever is running DreamHost.
>
> I wonder what they're going to do now that MU and core are merging. In
> theory, any WordPress install would have to be put on a VPS.
>
> -ac
>
>
> On 31/05/2009, at 7:33 PM, Joost de Valk wrote:
>
>  Well if you use it to "auto generate" massive amounts of "content", it's
>> obviously a resource hog.
>>
>> I guess this "trusted" partner of WordPress (they're listed on the wp.orghosting page) would rather blame their partners product than their own spam
>> control team. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
>>
>>
>> On 31 mei 2009, at 09:18, Frank Helmschrott <fhelmschrott at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  How senseless. I can't imagine how WPMU itself could use so much more
>>> resources than WP. Of course it uses more when you run 1000 blogs with
>>> it, but i thinkg that wouldn't be easier with 1000 installations of WP
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> 2009/5/30 Bernard D. Tremblay <ab006 at chebucto.ns.ca>:
>>>
>>>> *Yes, this is probably the wrong list. But I couldn't think of a better
>>>> place.*
>>>>
>>>> I was surprised to see this in the Personal Server section of
>>>> DreamHost's
>>>> (always humorous) newsletter:
>>>>
>>>> ====
>>>> And, if you want to use WordPress MU (Multi-User edition), we're going
>>>> to have to ask you do it on DreamHost PS .. it's just a CRAZY resource
>>>> hog and it looks like the most common thing people use it for is shady
>>>> search engine shenanigans anyway!
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> I happen to have installed MU on DreamHost. I haven't been asked to
>>>> remove it,
>>>> but it's very idle ... little more than a place-holder at the moment ...
>>>> and
>>>> I'm not going to rouse sleeping dogs by inquiring ... but in any case
>>>> this
>>>> isn't positive ink.
>>>>
>>>> ben
>>>>
>>>>
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