Akamai 併購 Linode

目前在 Hacker News 首頁第一名,Akamai 併購 Linode:「Akamai To Acquire Linode to Provide Businesses with a Developer-friendly and Massively-distributed Platform to Build, Run and Secure Applications」,Linode 的新聞稿則是在「Linode and Akamai」,Hacker News 上的討論在「Akamai to Acquire Linode (akamai.com)」這邊。

併購金額與預期的時間表:

Under terms of the agreement, Akamai has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Linode Limited Liability Company for approximately $900 million, after customary purchase price adjustments. As a result of structuring the transaction as an asset purchase, Akamai expects to achieve cash income tax savings over the next 15 years that have an estimated net present value of approximately $120 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

好像會有記者會... 應該會有更多說明。

DigitalOcean 送出 Form S-1

Hacker News Daily 上看到的消息,DigitalOcean 送出 Form S-1:「d898181ds1.htm」,在 Hacker News 上也有不少討論:「DigitalOcean S-1 (sec.gov)」。

這個消息跟 2020 年年初的裁員也可以交叉看一下:「DigitalOcean 裁員」,另外在 TechCrunch 上也有報導:「DigitalOcean’s IPO filing shows a two-class cloud market」。

Hacker News 上蠻多人在抱怨 DO 的產品,像是機器的效能,操作界面的穩定性,還有客服的反應... 不過這些跟 IPO 倒是沒什麼關係,重要的是每年的營業額有做出來:

Per its S-1 filing, DigitalOcean generated $203.1 million in 2018 revenue, $254.8 million in 2019 and $318.4 million in 2020. The company closed 2020 out with a self-calculated $357 million in annual run rate.

自己用的話應該還是偏好 VultrLinode...

花最多錢的 API call

昨天看到這個有趣的討論,要怎麼樣在一個 API call 裡面花最多錢:「How to burn the most money with a single click in Azure」。

主要是這篇開始,在 AWS 上面買 RDS 的 RI,這一個 API call 可以花三百多萬美金:

然後作者試著在 Azure 上找到 Cosmos DB 可以花到九百多萬美金:

另外一個是用 Blob Storage 撐量出來,一億六千多萬美金:

然後最終極的方法是 999 台 instance 的 RI,可以到八億 XDDD:

不過後面這些方法應該買不下去,雲端服務預留的 capacity 應該不夠這樣搞...

FTC 找了七家 ISP 業者要研究隱私問題...

FTC 要研究 ISP 手上有哪些客戶的資料,然後提供給誰:「FTC Seeks to Examine the Privacy Practices of Broadband Providers」。

The Federal Trade Commission issued orders to seven U.S. Internet broadband providers and related entities seeking information the agency will use to examine how broadband companies collect, retain, use, and disclose information about consumers and their devices.

包括了這七家,裡面的六家都算大業者,被 FTC 納入不算意外,第七家包括了 Google Fiber Inc.,到時候不知道會有什麼資訊出來:

The orders were sent to: AT&T Inc., AT&T Mobility LLC, Comcast Cable Communications doing business as Xfinity, Google Fiber Inc., T-Mobile US Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., and Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless.

看了一下 PDF,應該是 45 天後要回覆,加上整理的時間,應該是下半年會看到一些整理?

VPN 的評價

文章的作者試了很多家 VPN 服務,然後文章的標題有點長,有種輕小說的感覺...:「I tested the most recommended VPN providers using my credit card to find the best ones — and which ones you should avoid.」。

不過這種文章有很多東西很主觀,大家心裡有個底就是了...

作者比較滿意的是 TunnelBearOVPN 這兩家,也許等手上 PIA 到期的時候再試看看要怎麼選好了,畢竟 PIA 還是目前最便宜的方案。