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There are difference between backing and acquiring. Plus, GitLab is open sourced and self-hostable. If Google wants to throw some of their money on something t
by rqs 8y ago
There are difference between backing and acquiring. Plus, GitLab is open sourced and self-hostable.
If Google wants to throw some of their money on something that end user can fully control, then why not be happy about it?
- village-idiot 8y agoBecause they’ve gotten pretty effective at the open source bait and switch too. Look at android.
- ThrowawayR2 8y ago> GitLab is open sourced ... GitLab is open core, not open source. They say so themselves: https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-github-is-closed-source/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-gith...
- dsumenkovic 8y agoYou are right about the open-core. However, in that blog-post, Sid mentioned that we are an open-source company and remarked that open-core is the more accurate term.