Ouch. hi5 folks let me know if I can help you find your next gig.
I think the real reason they're able to get by with less hardware is because they now have a ton less traffic and the new site runs on newer hardware.
I also note that it appears that they're still running on tomcat + netscalers for now:
curl -v 2>&1|egrep 'Server:|NSC'
< Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
< Set-Cookie: NSC_bqq-tfswfst-ofxvj=e246bb343660;expires=Tue, 20-Sep-11 10:20:46 GMT;path=/
It sucks... Hate having to see this again. Were looking to fill lots of seats at my new gig... If anyone's interested lmk.
Hey Paul - if you know of any openings that I would be a good fit for, please let me know. Thanks -
Damn, having worked with at least 2 Hi5'ers that I know of I'd be glad to have another around. I believe we've still got 1-2 javaish req's open on Zimbra @ Vmware if anyone is interested.
Praveen Neppalli -- Alex St. John is heading up things now at hi5. He's a former microsoft employee who created DirectX and is into gaming in a big way.
And to think that once was a very nice place to work with... is just a shame what bad management and poor vision can do.
Claudio Canestro, Sep 20 2011 on 1500wordmtu.com