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Unpopular opinion: The third reason why GitLab decided on the Google Cloud Platform: political correctness, not only that GitLab doesn't want to nurture their e
by stevefan1999 7y ago
Unpopular opinion: The third reason why GitLab decided on the Google Cloud Platform: political correctness, not only that GitLab doesn't want to nurture their enemy GitHub, which in turns is acquired by Microsoft causing a political exodus, and GitLab also fears the ties with Azure will make people give up to BitBucket or such again. Therefore it’s a pretty good PR stunt pulled to polarize the situation.
- netheril96 7y agoIs this really what “political correctness” means?
- stevefan1999 7y agoWell, despite that, sadly consider the fact that it is "politically correct" to critique Microsoft as "M$", "FUD machine", "evil corp" and "attempted murderer of free software" in the tech world even to this date.
- throw0824 7y agoAren't the second and fourth just terms they themselves used to describe themselves/ their goals?
- emilycook 7y agoHi, employee from GitLab here. The move to GCP was planned before the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub was announced: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/migration/commit/ab5bf6b03ffc08e4dd2e08a1484a517c642e643c https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/migration/commit/ab5bf6b03ffc0...