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Yes. They are actually a fairly hot company on the East Coast.

In retrospect I do realize this: they are not a tech company. They are a marketing company. They have a couple cash cow products and their audience doesn't care much if they're slightly rough around the edges. So in a sense I was polishing their product in a way they did not think was important. I disagreed -- personally instantaneous response times are a big selling point for me and I did point out the hosting cost savings which were non-trivial -- but I was not the boss so that's how it goes.