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So what makes them think that they can get away with it? There's already decent competitors - GitLab, BitBucket, Azure or you can just host your own git repos -
by xchaotic 10y ago
So what makes them think that they can get away with it? There's already decent competitors - GitLab, BitBucket, Azure or you can just host your own git repos - gitlab will even give you a nice Web UI for it.
Why do they think that people with stick with github, if we're talking $thousands/year then surely migrating to another git repo provider is worth it?
- stubish 10y agoVendor lockin. Because there is a lot more involved that accessing files in a .git directory. All those CI systems and workflow plugins and whatnots such as travis-ci work with github, not git. And all the inflight issues and pull requests etc. Migrating or giving up the features you use has a cost (not just in dollars), and if github has done their sums right most customers will realize they are better off staying where they are.
- a_imho 10y agoTravis CI is pretty minor player (google search 10M > hits), and I would say 3rd party service integration is exactly vendor lockin. Imho this makes sense, because users who cared about pricing already moved on to cheaper alternatives and/or not used github to begin with. I agree, mass migration or phasing out github is unlikely because of the associated costs, however with all the other great services around new users might think twice where to sign up.
- sytse 10y agoJust wanted to mention that on GitLab.com we offer unlimited GitLab CI to run your tests https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/ https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/19/gitlab-partners-with-digitalocean-to-make-continuous-integration-faster-safer-and-more-affordable/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/19/gitlab-partners-with-dig...