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GitHub, no - I don’t see how that would work. But LinkedIn may have fit nicely but it would have been a miracle if that deal was approved.
by nemothekid 7y ago
GitHub, no - I don’t see how that would work. But LinkedIn may have fit nicely but it would have been a miracle if that deal was approved.
- leonroy 7y agoJust spitballing, but as Facebook use declines I'd imagine their huge data center resources will become increasingly less utilised. They clearly have some incredible data center engineers (see https://www.opencompute.org/ https://www.opencompute.org/). FB could have made for an interesting AWS competitor. It would've certainly hedged their bets because right now unless Instagram/WhatsApp are utilizing capacity which FB's stalled growth is ceding I see them outsourcing data center operations to another vendor eventually. There's so much potential in FB or was till very recently (Open Compute and React to name two very impressive projects) - I imagine employee retention can only have become harder as the privacy scandals have hit and the share price gains have slowed.
- ethbro 7y agoHere's the case for GitHub: Facebook, as mentioned in parent comments, has essentially tapped out casual social networking as a growth driver. But casual (e.g. your mom and uncle) is the key there. There are many other kinds of social networking: not as large, but large enough to be worth even Facebook's time. Developer networking is absolutely a large and valuable demographic. Facebook has demonstrated competency is compiling and making social graphs useful. Ergo, buying GitHub would allow Facebook to move into a new market while offering new features that GitHub couldn't build on their own. (Note: I'm charting out an "If Facebook decided not to be stupid and just slap ads on GitHub" business case here)