Plesk acquires cPanel (This cannot be good)

Doesn't cpanel have a way bigger market share than plesk? They might as well fase out Plesk. If you can't beat them join(acquire) them Not saying they should as I like having both options!

When adobe bought (ate up) macromedia a similar thing happened. This is on so much a smaller scale imho. Competition will always come up... Notice how Google is bringing in products in all segments little by little. Fun times ahead!

MapleDots said:

Am I the only worried a bit about this?

Show attachment 97973

Oakley Capital (who already owns Plesk) acquires cPanel
On August 20th, 2018 cPanel, the control panel of choice for most of Web Hosting Canada's clients, agreed to be acquired by Oakley Capital. The signed agreement is the first big step in what may be a lengthy process before the transaction is finalized.

https://whc.ca/blog/oakley-capital-...utm_campaign=Newsletter+September+2018+A+-+EN

Click to expand...

Well, Oakley Capital is on its way towards making a monopoly even worse. :P

I am bit shocked that Plesk acquired cPanel . I thought cPanel would have been going in more profit being a most popular Web hosting control panel. I guess they should have acquired Plesk instead.

i think that having two of the main players under one ownership umbrella is not good for healthy competition, and this topic is important. It seems to me that we should not be calling this Plesk bought cPanel, though. Does someone know what share of market CPanel has? I searched but could not find a clear number.

MetBob said:

Does someone know what share of market CPanel has? I searched but could not find a clear number.

Click to expand...

I tried to find that as well. No info at all except for most sources 'claiming' cpanel is the industry standard.

bennyvasquez said:

That's me!

To answer your question: that one is actually currently slated for early 2019.

Click to expand...

Hello bennyvasquez,

Welcome to NamePros!

Thank you for chiming in on this thread.
We always appreciate inside information from qualified sources.

Enjoy your time here.

Peace,
Kenny

(Say hi to Chuck for us)