Plesk acquires cPanel (This cannot be good)

[MapleDots]

Am I the only worried a bit about this?

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

 

[bennyvasquez]

This is not logical benny Vasquez aka Manager of Community Engagement at cPanel : )

By the way, when Cpanel thinks to integrate SQL backend option for PowerDNS authoritative server?

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That's me!

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

 

[MapleDots]

This is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge concern.

PS.... I was doing my best Donald Trump

Welcome @bennyvasquez

Would be nice to get some input here

 

[NYJimbo]

Must have been a really big bag of money for this to happen....

 

[Golan]

That sucks

 

[Bob Hawkes]

There are alternatives, both commercial and free/open source.

Yes for sure. Here is a table that seems to give a pretty comprehensive rundown with the features/characteristics of each.

https://www.hostingadvice.com/blog/cpanel-vs-plesk-vs-webpanel/

I think for many of us we have grown accustomed to CPanel, and the choice(s) we have will be governed by the hosting company we use, and we just are resistant to major changes. Those that control their own dedicated servers do have multiple options.

 

[dirk]

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!

 

[smartwebby]

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!

 

[Rick Ace]

Am I the only worried a bit about this?

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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

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

 

[viniproject09]

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.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

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.

 

[dirk]

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

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

 

[Kenny]

That's me!

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

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

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