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I don't get what the big deal is about the name.

Yes, I like linode and run most of my business on it.

They changed the name.

I'm not switching until they "kill" the product. If the uptime remains good, the service remains good, why switch??

The name change indicates Akamai’s intentions for the Linode platform. Linode is a well-established brand with developers, smaller agencies, small businesses, hobbyists,and so on. Akamai is an enterprise brand that serves large businesses. They have never had an interest in serving the sort of people who know about and like Linode. Dropping the Linode brand is evidence they continue to have no interest in that market segment. It now seems more likely that Akamai wanted a ready-made cloud platform to sell to their enterprise customers. That’s why Linode users are worried about the name change; it indicates they are no longer the market their preferred platform cares about.

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