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I would think someone like.. maybe IBM? Seems like it would fit better with IBM's (now) RedHat portfolio, than it would fit with Google. Maybe I'm just being

• jacques_chester 8y ago
  I'd put IBM and SAP as outside chances. The Red Hat purchase makes perfect sense for IBM: they're buying a competitor which has deep roots in the enterprise. Gitlab is less so. On the other hand Google is in a struggle to catch up with even Azure, so Gitlab looks attractive as a foil against Github.
• ralph84 7y ago
  IBM would make more sense than Google. Despite the topic of TFA, almost all of GitLab's ARR comes from their on-prem offering not their SaaS offering. IBM is much better positioned to sell and support on-prem software than Google. IBM is also a long-time player in SCM, and despite being legacy their Rational products still have a big footprint in enterprise. With some integrations and migration tools an IBM-owned GitLab would have a huge installed base to go sell Git modernization to. Another possibility would be Broadcom, as CA has a number of adjacent products for the software development lifecycle.