Kick a guy when he is down? You might as well kick your own customers in the junk while you are at it.
Godaddy has had its fair share of problems, everyone has. Today they had a big one.
GoDaddy Outage Takes Down Millions Of Sites http://t.co/ne2Mr7gG by @klintron
— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) September 10, 2012
Ouch!
Competition jumps in and starts kicking.
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Jesus people.. have some class. The sad thing is this has become so common place. I think you can make a solid case why your service is better/faster/stronger than a competitor without having to resort to tactics like this. For the % of customers your offer attracts, how many are you turning off by being a total douchebag?
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