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>but honestly I still don't understand why it's such a successful business. It's the same as any SaaS, who wants to set up their own servers? Sure, you may wan

>but honestly I still don't understand why it's such a successful business. It's the same as any SaaS, who wants to set up their own servers? Sure, you may want to, but think at scale, most people wouldn't, so they pay GitHub to do it for them. There are also a lot of quality of life features such as a better interface for both the technical and non-technical side of a team.

tootie 6y ago
I get the idea of SaaS version control I just didn't see how they would be competitive. It wasn't virgin territory. I also thought got would lose to Mercurial.
- ayewo 6y ago
  There are a confluence of factors behind Mercurial's and svn's losses for git to emerge as the dominant SCM tool. I'm currently writing some articles that will revisit past events in the tech industry, including GitHub's ascendancy. Is this something you'd be interested in reading?
  - 542458 6y ago
    I’m not who you were replying to, but I’m interested in reading about that.
    - ayewo 6y ago
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