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For now, it seems that the Microsoft acquisition has gone well, right?
by yreg 7y ago
For now, it seems that the Microsoft acquisition has gone well, right?
- romanovcode 7y agoYes, free private repos alone was amazing and now this? With 2x matching (up to 5k) from MS themselves - this is amazing. If only they would release something similar to GitLab Runner a.k.a. GitHub Runner it would be golden!
- harrygeez 7y agodon't toy with my feelings. If we get GitHub Runner GitLab will be toast
- rymate1234 7y agoDon't they already have this with Azure Pipelines?
- Heliosmaster 7y agoTotally agree. Running your own gitlab runner is the feature of GitLab I would want the most on GitHub
- rurban 7y agoI think their commercial Github Enterprise product does this exactly.
- diggan 7y agoI disagree. Before the acquisition, the work on GitHub was to make GitHub sustainable in it's own right. Now, with Microsoft owning it, they have given up on that idea since Microsoft mainly get their profits elsewhere. Instead, GitHub have now become a loss-leader for Microsoft, where every feature is meant to either lock in open developers in a closed source platform, or attract more open source developers to use their platform. I did like the way of old GitHub more, even though they were slower at releasing stuff.
- mythz 7y agoSo your argument is that because GitHub no longer has a profit motive and they're now releasing features at a much faster pace, that the acquisition has somehow gone bad?
- bennofs 7y agoThe Argument is that it's bad for the market, as it makes it hard for competitors which aren't part of such a large company and hence need to make profit.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoIsn't this also an argument against every VC-funded startup in existence?
- mythz 7y agoAnd basically every free product released by large companies which prioritizes mass distribution and user base over direct product cost. It definitely makes it much harder for the few remaining competitors but also benefits the far greater number of users. They definitely have a competitive advantage where they're able to build and give away features for free to attract larger mind-share, but it's also the playbook of most large companies with freemium or gateway products. Not seeing why Microsoft needs to limit themselves to the same constraints as their less resourceful competitors.
- zapita 7y ago> It definitely makes it much harder for the few remaining competitors but also benefits the far greater number of users. It only benefits users in the short term. The consequences of monopoly catch up with all of us, eventually.
- madeofpalk 7y agoWell, actually, yes.