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Well a lot of enterprises care about things like user directories (LDAP) and the extra access control. Just because you don't need enterprise features doesn't m
by SEJeff 7y ago
Well a lot of enterprises care about things like user directories (LDAP) and the extra access control. Just because you don't need enterprise features doesn't mean that large enterprises (the target audience for Gitlab Enterprise) don't!
I'm not saying it isn't great stuff, it really is, but "it is all open source" is sort of a misnomer. It is open core.
I'm of the same opinion with Dave Neary on Open Core Software. He's a long time contributor to the GNOME Desktop Environment:
https://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/19/rotten-to-the-open-core/ https://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/19/rotten-to-the-open-...
- majkinetor 7y agoYou are right in general. Most open core tools do not let anything enterprise like into community versions. However, Gitlab is somewhat different. For example is that it lets you have LDAP/AD integration in core version. Compare that to lets say Mattermost which doesn't. And yes, I need enterprise stuff, I just don't need enterprise stuff currently in Gitlab. Looks to me those stuff are created for really big teams and really big multinational companies. My company is 1200+ employees big with IT having around 70 people, and in that context I don't miss anything. Futhermore, some enterprise features finish in core after some time. I have never witnessed the opposite in Gitlab.