#ibm #redhat trying to persuade people to outsource everything to #surveillance agencies https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/should-i-migrate-my-application-cloud-heres-how-decide Major Hayden left #rackspace

Should I migrate my application to the cloud? Here's how to decide

Consider a cloud migration for applications that benefit from a more flexible and scalable infrastructure with finer-grained security controls. A migration provides an opportunity to analyze the application for its operational challenges and to...

#Rackspace laid off 10% of its staff; now it is #outsourcing .. do you want #aws RESELLERS? https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/29/2271539/0/en/Rackspace-Technology-Collaborates-with-iPromote-to-Reduce-Operational-Costs-by-30-with-Linux-on-AWS.html

Rackspace Technology Collaborates with iPromote to Reduce Operational Costs by 30% with Linux on AWS

SAN ANTONIO, July 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology® (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, today...

#Rackspace too outsourcing to #surveillance giants on #Pentagon payroll https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rackspace-technology-collaborates-ipromote-reduce-150500382.html

I'm sure the quality of services at #rackspace will decrease by more than 10% https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/23/rackspace_layoffs_offshoring/

Rackspace ending open source free hosting program, invocing for January 2020

Are you an open source maintainer? Have you used Rackspace's free hosting offer any time in the past 10 years? Rackspace has ended the program. People are getting invoices for Jan. Get off the servers and close your account or you will be charged full retail rate.

-- Van Lindberg, General Counsel, Python Software Foundation. @ Twitter

Offers and alternatives are mentioned in thread.

Reshares / links appreciated.

https://twitter.com/VanL/status/1225928953350774785

#Rackspace #ProjectHosting #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python #VanLindberg #PythonSoftwareFoundation