PHP Developer Cloud to be Closed on September 7, 2014

I received today email notification from Zend Developer Cloud stating that the PHP Developer Cloud (phpcloud.com) will be closed on 09/07/14 for good. Quite surprise (and not so much) from a company as great as Zend. Just FYI - I tried their service only once and after 48 hours of waiting for my virtual instance to become available, I gave up.

For your reference, here's the copy of whole email sent today:
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Hi Jaan,
You are receiving this email because you have created PHP containers on the phpcloud.com - Zend Developer Cloud.  
When we launched Zend Developer Cloud in 2011, there were few options for PHP developers to experience Cloud development. We set out to deliver a development-only Cloud environment that could provide you a simple and frictionless way to experience development in the Cloud. In parallel, we began working with the leading cloud providers to define Zend Server-based environments that could run your projects at scale once they were ready for production.
Fast forward three years: we are very proud to have built a strong production eco-system around Zend Server with the likes of Amazon Web Services, IBM Softlayer, Red Hat OpenShift, and RightScale  At the same time, our partners have increased their focus on serving development workloads within their environments at little or no cost to developers. And we have received feedback from you that when your applications are leveraging Cloud-specific services such as AWS RDS, you are better off doing dev/test within that specific target Cloud. Taking into account all these factors, we have decided to phase out the Zend Developer Cloud in favor of focusing our efforts on better enabling you within your preferred target Cloud environments.
We will be phasing out the Zend Developer Cloud over the next 30 days and shutting down the service on Sunday, September 7, 2014. We are committed to ensuring you retain all of your code and data and are able to safely transition them to one of our Cloud partners or destination of your choice.
Whether or not your containers are currently active, we will package up the contents of your containers into ZIP files, which, upon request, will be available for you to download.  Once you receive your ZIPs, you are welcome to install and deploy your applications wherever you like.  For more information about how to manage your Developer Cloud containers in the next 30 days, please visit us at https://my.phpcloud.com/user/retrieve.
Developers who need a robust development environment with an easy transition to production should consider Zend Server 7 Developer Edition on AWS, which includes Zend Server 7 and the all-new Z-Ray technology that gives you in-context visibility inside apps by showing in real-time exactly what happens to each construct page.  Try it out here. The Zend on AWS solution is available today on the AWS marketplace on a very affordable pay-as-you-go basis. The first 30 days of Zend Server on AWS are free, you can deploy on several, highly affordable cloud instances, and later on you can easily move to a consistent production environment when your application is ready. And if you are using Zend Studio, you can leverage its smooth cloud application deployment on AWS. 
For developers looking for a completely free Zend Server-based developer environment in the cloud, try Red Hat OpenShift.
We are looking forward to continue to serve you with Zend Server and our partners in the Cloud!
There are better PHP cloud services available - for those looking for free run, always go with Heroku PHP build pack and you have everything you need in a matter of minutes. AWS OpsWorks for those who enjoy Chef.

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