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And that's reason #1 we don't use Github. Assembla lets us host all of our git, SVN and Mercurial repos for free.. currently we have 32 and counting, no issues
by zavulon 15y ago
And that's reason #1 we don't use Github. Assembla lets us host all of our git, SVN and Mercurial repos for free.. currently we have 32 and counting, no issues ever, without paying a single penny.
- thirsteh 15y agoMaybe, but GitHub's pricing model encourages sharing, and that's a good thing. Think of how many repositories might've been private and not benefited thousands of people. Granted, the prices might be steep/strange, but I see no problem in charging for things that people don't want to share on a social code sharing site.
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- Maro 15y agoHow much sharing actually goes on? (And just because somebody impulse clones a repo doesn't actually mean there's meaningful sharing going on.)
- khill 15y agoSharing doesn't necessarily mean someone cloning or contributing to your project. I find github useful because it lets me read other people's code both for evaluating potential co-workers and getting better at my craft. I've learned a lot from reading other people's code and I still think it's one of the best ways to learn new languages and techniques.
- nuclear_eclipse 15y agoEven with some of my more obscure projects on Github (like a ZNC module that sends IRC notifications to my phone via Notifo) have garnered some observers, forks, and pull requests with features or improvements that I probably never would have gotten if it had either been on my own repo hosting.
- Dove 15y agoWell, anyone GitHub's pricing model has driven over to Assembla isn't sharing.
- zavulon 15y agoWhile I agree in some cases it's a good thing, but for projects that you do for clients, privacy is paramount
- mnutt 15y agoIsn't there some value in paying for a service that you use and value?
- Dove 15y agoI just made the same tradeoff yesterday. I'd love to use Github and all, Github's cool. But I can't justify paying that much for private repositories. Even with all of the annoying junk on the site, Assembla's free plan won hands down.
- mst 15y agoThe crucial difference is that in the case of github, their business is github. In the case of Assembla, their business is consulting and the site is a loss leader for that division. This quite effectively explains both the pricing and feature set differences.
- kenneth_reitz 15y agoYou get what you pay for.