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

[Anthony Cole]

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.org hosting 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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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Frank
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