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The one thing that I like about Github is that everything is public by default and you have to pay to keep your code private. I feel like a positive consequenc
by drenvuk 8y ago
The one thing that I like about Github is that everything is public by default and you have to pay to keep your code private. I feel like a positive consequence of that business choice was the opening up of way more software. Gitlab, while being very awesome doesn't have that same rule and neither does Bitbucket. It's my assumption that this is the biggest reason there's so much open source code flowing right now.
It makes me wonder whether I'll be able to find as many random interesting projects just by searching for things anymore.
I'm a bit sad about this.
- antonkm 8y agoNot having to pay for private is the reason we chose Bitbucket back in the days.
- drenvuk 8y agoSame here, but for each one of us there was another who probably said 'screw it' and just put their stuff on github anyway.
- kokx 8y agoThough there is indeed much more software open source lately, I feel that is mostly a consequence of the free and easy availability of open source hosting. I still remember the old days where most opensource projects were doing self-hosting or using sourceforge. Self-hosting is something that most developers that just want to build something nice won't consider. And using sourceforge back then was also atrocious (they didn't exactly have an easy to use UI, if I remember correctly). This makes me think that what contributed the most to there being so much open source, is the easyness of creating your own repository on GitHub. With just a few clicks you have one.