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Github seems to have gotten some fire in their ass in the last 1-2 years. Hard to say whether that is because of Microsoft or competition of Gitlab, or both.

• cheez 6y ago
  Having the resources of Microsoft and a vision you want to execute on might be why they allowed themselves to get bought.
  • ralph84 6y ago
    All of the founders except one were already gone, and the remaining one left immediately after the acquisition closed. It wasn't about executing a vision, it was about cashing out.
    • cheez 6y ago
      I did say "might be" :-)
• mullingitover 6y ago
  I comparison shopped Gitlab vs Github a few years back, and it was a joke: Gitlab killed Github on features and price. They still do. I'm not overly attached to either platform, but clearly Github has ridden on their laurels hard for a long time and Gitlab has not.
  • cheez 6y ago
    No comment on the merit of one vs other but with experience selling software, sometimes fewer features is better (lets you target better initially.)
    • mullingitover 6y ago
      If Github were a startup trying to get a solid MVP together, sure. However, Github was charging premium prices for an enterprise-grade product, but they were missing a super basic enterprise feature: they weren't able to connect LDAP groups to Github groups.