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Forgive my ignorance, but how is TravisCI on lifesupport? Is this because Idera aquired them?
by alvern 7y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but how is TravisCI on lifesupport? Is this because Idera aquired them?
- nicoburns 7y agoIt seems very flaky to me. We're currently migrating off Travis (probably to Azure pipelines) at my workplace.
- jen20 7y agoThey fired many of their developers and key operations folks, and service has been flaky for months. It was already poor, but is now substantially worse than almost all of the competition.
- jrochkind1 7y agoThey were purchased by a private equity company. Which does not usually mean any continued development. At it's best, it means keep the thing running well and continue to wring revenue out of it. But few and far between are the private equity purchases that are at their best. It also almost always means significant cost cutting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18978251 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18978251
- hobofan 7y agoIt's not just any private equity company, but one that is known for purchasing companies with a big subscriber base and then getting as much money out of them with the least effort.