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12-21-2007, 07:31 AM #1Rocco Alive!
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Is SWSoft on a buying Spree?
Hello,
I've just visted the SwSoft website. To my surprise they have acquired most of the Hosting Control Panel Software out there:
They've already bought:
1. Ensim Pro
2. H-Sphere
3. Helm
and they already a creators of Plesk.
May be am late in seeing this but, I can't believe my eyes. I guess only cPanel, DirectAdmin, Hosting Controller and few others are left
What are SwSoft going to do with all those Control Panel? Make a new bloated Control Panel with every feature one wishes?One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
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12-21-2007, 07:34 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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its quite scary actually - this is one place I would not like to see polarization or monopoly...
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12-21-2007, 07:39 AM #3Rocco Alive!
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It's really scary.
They have issued press releases that they will continue to develop and support all these CPs but, I don't see that as practical.
Eventually they'll say "That's it" we are offering a new CP with best of all worlds and come out with a bloated feature rich monster.
I liked Plesk because of it's smaller footprint and least strain on resources.
It really is scary. I wouldn't like to see a monopoly here.One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
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12-21-2007, 07:40 AM #4Retired Moderator
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They aren't creators of Plesk , but there are creators of Virtuozzo. Plesk was their early acquisition. Just wondering will they continue the acquisitions, there aren't many major ones left.
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12-21-2007, 07:44 AM #5Rocco Alive!
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12-21-2007, 09:35 AM #6WHT Addict
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Yeah this is pretty disgusting to me. Plesk is "OK" and it's not the greatest. The other panels all have some benefits and/or drawbacks. Plesk is already kinda bloated if you have limited resources. Thank goodness for some of the opensource control panels.
I would tend to agree with the position that maybe 1-2yrs from now, all of thee guys will be terminated for one new Plesk XL version that leeches parts from each of them. They really only leave who DirectAdmin, CPanel and a few smaller guys like ServerCP?
It would be tragic to see the control panel market polarized.Last edited by LinologyNetworksLLC; 12-21-2007 at 09:40 AM.
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12-21-2007, 09:44 AM #7Retired Moderator
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That is if Swsoft does not buy over Hosting Controller or Directadmin, I feel Cpanel has enough base to fend off any take over, but the others are smaller and are easy targets.
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12-21-2007, 09:45 AM #8Web Hosting Evangelist
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I believe a monopoly in this market will allow the birth of a an open source control panel, which will be like the "firefox of hosting" , but it will take some time.
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12-21-2007, 09:49 AM #9Retired Moderator
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12-21-2007, 09:50 AM #10Rocco Alive!
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12-21-2007, 10:03 AM #11Web Hosting Evangelist
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12-21-2007, 10:34 AM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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There already is an open source control panel.
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12-21-2007, 10:35 AM #13Web Hosting Master
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12-21-2007, 10:46 AM #14WHT Addict
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they haven't got DotNetPanel yet
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12-21-2007, 11:53 AM #15
What amazes me is the fact that they've actually got the MONEY to buy all these companies, given the fact that they provide absolutely horrific support that I've seen from their company.
It is a bit scary though to see these guys coming out and just buying everything up. I think CPanel would be safe, and I'd hope DA would as well, but god only knows what they'd do to get their hands on those control panels. Turn it all closed source so you have to use their proprietary (out of date) methods to setup the server, maybe?Tom Whiting, WHMCS Guru extraordinaire
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12-21-2007, 12:03 PM #16Web Hosting Evangelist
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There are many, webmin, ispconfig... But they are still unable to compete with commercial panels, imo.
What amazes me is the fact that they've actually got the MONEY to buy all these companies, given the fact that they provide absolutely horrific support that I've seen from their company.
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12-21-2007, 01:10 PM #17Rocco Alive!
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12-21-2007, 01:42 PM #18Web Hosting Master
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I personally think they bought positive soft just because of their Free VPS and them wanting to control more of the virtualization market, I don't really think they are going for a monopoly in the control panel aspect but more of a bigger foot to stand on against VMWare and Xen.
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12-21-2007, 07:56 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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I personally think they bought positive soft just because of their Free VPS and them wanting to control more of the virtualization market, I don't really think they are going for a monopoly in the control panel aspect but more of a bigger foot to stand on against VMWare and Xen.Denver Hunter | Webmaster | Library of Biz - Side Hustles, Small Business & Professional Growth
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12-21-2007, 08:19 PM #20Retired Moderator
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Correct me if I am wrong, controlpanel companies typically aren't big operations, it takes a few liked minded programmers to start and maybe hire a few more as business grow. So even those famous brands that we identify with may be just a 10-50 men operations. It wouldn't be difficult for a cash rich company determined to have a strategic foothold in that industry to take over them.
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12-21-2007, 10:12 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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And to further expand on that thought there are also numerous custom in-house solutions that are deployed out there. If the market gets to skinny, I think it's a very safe assumption to see a hosting company potentially look at launching their custom panel (a version of it anyway) as an alternative revenue stream.
I think the moral of the story is that there is going to be competition one way or another.Denver Hunter | Webmaster | Library of Biz - Side Hustles, Small Business & Professional Growth
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12-21-2007, 10:45 PM #22Rocco Alive!
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12-22-2007, 01:50 AM #23Newbie
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In my opinion the only two server control panels worth dealing with are cPanel and Plesk (in that order) so who cares if they buy up all the other smaller ones such as DirectAdmin and Enism. But interesting to hear none the less and I'll be sure to keep an eye on this in the future.
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12-22-2007, 02:00 AM #24Web Hosting Evangelist
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12-22-2007, 03:01 AM #25Newbie
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