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Why did GitHub become unprofitable? Did they spend too much money hosting open-source projects, compared to what they made on private repos? Maybe the lesson is

• bmuon 8y ago
  If I learned anything working at large companies is that hardware is never close to being as expensive as headcount.
  • 08-15 8y ago
    Github tried hard, but clearly didn't achieve enough diversity[1] and still had too many white women[2]. [1] https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-at-github/ https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-a... [2] http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg
• foobarbazetc 8y ago
  No, that’s not why.
  • axiometry 8y ago
    Magic 8 ball says: Sorry, try again.