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Leaseweb Blog
Company blog · blog.leaseweb.combusinesssystems
Leaseweb Blog is the company blog at blog.leaseweb.com, writing about business and systems. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Leaseweb's blog for its statement explaining why it deleted Kim Dotcom's MegaUpload server data. The one comment questions why the company had to explain its actions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The official Leaseweb Blog provides news about the IaaS industry trends, company announcements, business events, tips & tricks and more.
Most-linked posts?
- LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-19
What Hacker News says?
Link to LW statement: http://blog.leaseweb.com/2013/06/19/statement-on-former-clie... Why does LW have to explain anything? They're under no contractual or legal obligation to hold onto rented servers for more than a year without payment. Had these been servers MU owned outright, I would be a little more sympathetic to Dotcom. However I find it highly unlikely that LW didn't follow their end of the ToU and more like…
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