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Monopoly in what sense? There is certainly healthy competition in the hosted Git repository space.
by bradleyankrom 9y ago
Monopoly in what sense? There is certainly healthy competition in the hosted Git repository space.
- lmm 9y agoNot really. There are a couple of also-rans but I'd be amazed if GitHub had less than 95% of the market.
- overcast 9y agoYou mean the ones that delete their databases without backups?
- bradleyankrom 9y agoI assume you are referring to GitLab, so yes. GitLab and Bitbucket are both actively releasing new features and have sizable paid user bases. GitHub is the market leader, no question, but it not nearly a monopoly.
- stephenr 9y ago"Market" is an interesting concept here. Do you compare all usage, or just their hosted versions (i.e. do on-premise installs count)? Do you compare all usage, or just paid usage? Can a company that's not even close to profitable be considered a "market leader"?
- moby 9y ago"Can a company that's not even close to profitable be considered a "market leader"?" Sure it can. Uber and Twilio are generally considered, far and away, as market leaders in their respective spaces; Uber is massively unprofitable and Twilio was operating at a loss at the time of its IPO. Market leadership is a function of production and capacity, not profitability.