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This seems like a really interesting business model but also one that will benefit a lot of smaller developer who use github. I'm excited to see how this all pa
by SEJeff 7y ago
This seems like a really interesting business model but also one that will benefit a lot of smaller developer who use github. I'm excited to see how this all pans out.
- marcinzm 7y agoGitHub doesn't really need a business model right now since MS probably has no issues treating it as a loss-leader (and makes plenty of money elsewhere). Eventually it'll need to make a profit probably but it's got time.
- bluGill 7y agoGitHub free is a loss leader for GitHub enterprise. We have our own servers where I work that we pay a fair amount to GitHub. It is pretty much like Github.com, but our own company domain in the middle. We don't always have the latest version, but we are not far off. If there weren't people using the free version and wanting those features to our propitiatory workflow we wouldn't have known about GitHub much less bought it.
- SEJeff 7y agoI also use github enterprise (on-premise). This is still a really interesting business model, and one I applaud, as it helps a lot of open source developers.