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I sincerely doubt much of their userbase will look at things so emotionally as to damage the company. Most of github seems to quietly continue ticking over no m
by oldmanjay 11y ago
I sincerely doubt much of their userbase will look at things so emotionally as to damage the company. Most of github seems to quietly continue ticking over no matter what the drama.
- sdesol 11y agoI don't disagree. My sister has been using GitHub for years and she's never heard of the dear GitHub letter. The reputation part will have greater impact on Enterprise though. The reason why Enterprise sales cycles are so long, is because they want to make sure if they go with vendor X, they aren't shooting themselves in the foot in the long run. The trial period for the most part is risk assessment, because once you start building solutions around something, decoupling is extremely painful and risky. Companies are desperately trying to get off ClearCase (million dollar licenses), but they can't because their existing build systems, verification, etc. are so integrated with it, that decoupling introduces too much down time risk. If we found a situation where GitHub was constantly copying from Bitbucket or GitLab or who ever becomes the next thing, it's definitely going to introduce doubts about whether GitHub is the right choice for the long run. Drama will not affect that web designer that is paying $7 a month for a hosting plan, but it will cause doubts for those looking to spend 10s of thousands a year.