Comments on: Twitter, Joyent Break Up But Wish Each Other the Best, Really http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Genlighten Blog — Genealogy Documented » Blog Archive » Crunch Time — Hosting Decisions http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/#comment-192586 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:48:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11362#comment-192586 [...] applications.  They’ve also provided RoR hosting for Twitter, though that relationship ended amicably earlier this year.  Both of these examples speak to Joyent’s ability to help web apps scale [...]

]]> By: Twitter’s New VC Round: Red Hot - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/#comment-192585 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:56:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11362#comment-192585 [...] VC behavior is reflective of the cult like fervor around this company. Twitter has had problems that include constant (including some self inflicted) outages that have led to exit of [...]

]]> By: Host Disciple » Blog Archive » Twitter drops Joyent like a bad habit http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/#comment-192584 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:43:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11362#comment-192584 [...] bit. Yesterday all the tech bloggers reported that Twitter has left Joyent due to downtime issues: GigaOm, TechCrunch and Data Center Knowledge. I’m very sad Jason hasn’t gotten back to me on [...]

]]> By: Dave Burstein http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/#comment-192583 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:16:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11362#comment-192583 FYI Joyent/Twitter

Twitter was one of the first major successful applications written with Ruby on Rails, and has been very controversial as they both supported Ruby and criticized it for poor performance. There’s a lot of history here and questions not answered. I don’t know the inside story, but I’d be very cautious drawing any conclusions, especially because Joyent has some strong supporters. db

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » CEO quote of the day http://gigaom.com/2008/01/31/twitter-joyent-break-up-but-wish-each-other-the-best-really/#comment-192582 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:02:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11362#comment-192582 [...] CEO quote of the day January 31st, 2008 If this is a celebrity breakup, then they’re the J. Lo and we’re one of the early husbands. [...]

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