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I get this in principal, but when I go to GitHub without being logged in it just feels... well, like Microsoft.

by ddek 7y ago

ShamelessC 7y ago
How so? Not disagreeing with you, just curious.
- searchableguy 7y ago
  I would guess mentions of enterprise and businesses all over with a contact sales button. Some old pages are enterprisey and didn't know they pushed a desktop app for so long lol. I loved that they explained how the name github came to be in one of the older landing pages. 2020 - https://github.com https://github.com 2019 - http://web.archive.org/web/20190317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20190317031034/https://github.com... 2018 - http://web.archive.org/web/20180317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180317031034/https://github.com... 2017 - http://web.archive.org/web/20170317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20170317031034/https://github.com... 2016 - http://web.archive.org/web/20160317164519/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20160317164519/https://github.com... 2015 - http://web.archive.org/web/20150317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150317031034/https://github.com... 2012 - http://web.archive.org/web/20120317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120317031034/https://github.com... 2008 - http://web.archive.org/web/20081211021557/http://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20081211021557/http://github.com/
  - ShamelessC 7y ago
    ah that makes sense. That's disappointing for sure but I assumed they meant something more specific to Microsoft. These profit oriented changes are pretty standard after the acquisition of any website. If anything they feel mild considering how much potential there is for Microsoft to really exploit the freemium experience for more sales. On the other hand, GitHub had a reputation for offering a first class freemium experience and this does chip away at that a bit.
    - searchableguy 7y ago
      Yeah, I guess a few more changes to push you to select to receive promotional emails. Other than that, it's pretty alright. I like that they don't have 30 day retention policy when you want to delete something (repos, account) which is what everyone else does to keep you on the site. Really hate that.

I get this in principal, but when I go to GitHub without being logged in it just feels... well, like Microsoft.

by ddek 7y ago

I get this in principal, but when I go to GitHub without being logged in it just feels... well, like Microsoft.

ShamelessC 7y ago

How so? Not disagreeing with you, just curious.

searchableguy 7y ago
I would guess mentions of enterprise and businesses all over with a contact sales button. Some old pages are enterprisey and didn't know they pushed a desktop app for so long lol. I loved that they explained how the name github came to be in one of the older landing pages. 2020 - https://github.com https://github.com 2019 - http://web.archive.org/web/20190317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20190317031034/https://github.com... 2018 - http://web.archive.org/web/20180317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180317031034/https://github.com... 2017 - http://web.archive.org/web/20170317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20170317031034/https://github.com... 2016 - http://web.archive.org/web/20160317164519/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20160317164519/https://github.com... 2015 - http://web.archive.org/web/20150317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20150317031034/https://github.com... 2012 - http://web.archive.org/web/20120317031034/https://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20120317031034/https://github.com... 2008 - http://web.archive.org/web/20081211021557/http://github.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20081211021557/http://github.com/
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  ah that makes sense. That's disappointing for sure but I assumed they meant something more specific to Microsoft. These profit oriented changes are pretty standard after the acquisition of any website. If anything they feel mild considering how much potential there is for Microsoft to really exploit the freemium experience for more sales. On the other hand, GitHub had a reputation for offering a first class freemium experience and this does chip away at that a bit.
  - searchableguy 7y ago
    Yeah, I guess a few more changes to push you to select to receive promotional emails. Other than that, it's pretty alright. I like that they don't have 30 day retention policy when you want to delete something (repos, account) which is what everyone else does to keep you on the site. Really hate that.