Here's something I'd like to know: EC2's dashboard looks really friendly, much better than their suggestion of downloading some java programs to fiddle on with. Amazon's the cheapest, so what's the benefit of going with Cloudkick vs straight EC2?
why do people just upvote anything if it is YC related? at least someone can congratulate the team or someone from YC can share an anecdote related to the company. Why just upvote?<p>BTW, Congratulations, guys.
I don't really get what cloudkick does, likely because I don't use the "cloud", but it seems to me that cloudkick can correct a few things:<p>1. Free is good, but asking for money will teach you early in the game what people will pay for and what not. A small amount like 750k does not allow you expand, it just allows you more time before you can discover what part of your service people will pay for - and that is bad<p>2. The first person they hired seems overqualified.<p>3. Their blog and overall message seems very distant. "Team Cloudkick", "We" and the quasi-corporate speak is exactly the wrong tone to use to approach the developer crowd - who are the core audience for this tool<p>4. Screenshot on their frontpage does not convey anything to me.<p>I'm sure that the idea they have is good, but I have a feeling that the people behind cloudkick are not too competent, and that they will bungle their opportunity.