Here's the reply from Vultr support today:

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in our $2.50 'sandbox' plan. We are officially SOLD OUT of this extremely popular introductory offering. Please consider other VC2 sizes.

Why is this awesome plan sold out? This boils down to supply and demand. In order to maintain the high performance you've come to know and love at Vultr we limit the number of sandbox plans on each physical host node. This is to ensure the absolute best performance for our production-ready instances.

Will this inventory be replenished?

Yes. In the next 2-3 weeks we will bring additional sandbox capacity online. Please consider visiting/refreshing https://my.vultr.com/deploy periodically as it is possible this could happen sooner.

Thanks,

Joshua Brand
Systems Administrator

Similar to how Uber and taxis reduce the number of cars needed and cars on the road, but to a more significant degree.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/uber-in-hot-seat-with-california-regulators-over-drunk-drivers/

1.4GB of downloads for this update!!

I have imported all the critical VM's over with 0 issues. I only have like 3 left that aren't that big of a deal. Then I'm wiping my VMWare Host and rebuilding it from scratch and then taking my Synology NAS and redoing it's storage.

Yeah, looked it up. No bands. It's just the most advanced 3G signaling method.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/13/microsoft_kills_support_old_windows_on_new_chips/

@nadnerB said in Toshiba's Bail Out Plan Destroyed - WD Blocks Sale of Memory Division:

So theoretically... Western Digital Laptops? lol

Does Toshiba still make laptops? They must, I've not seen or heard of them in so long I forgot. They must have shifted focus to other markets.

I saw something about this the other day... It is interesting to say the least.

@JaredBusch said in Axe is Starting to Fall on Ubuntu Employees:

@mlnews said in Axe is Starting to Fall on Ubuntu Employees:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/12/80_canonical_staff_face_chop/

The first chopping for Ubuntu employees as Mark Shuttleworth takes over has begun, which includes eliminating his former CEO.

The cynical response to the current CEO's post?

Probably.

About time. And very interesting.