Large Web Host Urges Customers to Use Gmail

1sockchuck writes "LA hosting company DreamHost, which hosts more than 700,000 web sites, is encouraging its customers to use Google's Gmail for their e-mail, rather than the DreamHost mail servers. DreamHost is continuing to support all its existing e-mail offerings, but said in a blog post that email is "just not something people are looking for from us, and it's something the big free email providers like Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google can do better." DreamHost addresses a question about Google that has vexed many web hosting companies: is Google a useful partner, or a competitor that intends to make "traditional" web hosting companies obsolete? In this case, partnering with Google offers DreamHost a way to offload many of its trouble tickets, reducing the support overhead. Is Google starting to make web hosts less necessary?"

Comments

WHAT'S THE DEAL

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, what's the deal with the new popup ads here? It's annoying, and unnecessary, eventhough Opera blocks them.

I was quite okay with the regular ads here. A picture now and then I don't mind seeing, and sometimes even clicked them if I thought they were interresting. Started blocking ads when the video ads started appearing, so that was kind of a bad move, because with the block, it automatically also blocked the stationary ads, and can't make any money on what you don't see. Now it's getting even more annoying with the popups. Kill that shit slashdot. Why the fuck do you guys think that we slashdotters always complain about not linking an article to the print page? Hint: It's not because we like ads and popups and shit. You're alienating your own viewers here!!

Why, slashdot! You're better than that!

Re:Very professional move

[Nushio]

I don't eat at gas stations, even though driving across country often involves feeding myself as well as my car.
I do eat at Gas Stations, I eat Burritos. That way both me and my car will be full of gas. :-)