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> But for how long? applies very much to Github, and for all of their services, not just containers. The elephant in the room, hardly needs to be mentioned I

> But for how long? applies very much to Github, and for all of their services, not just containers. The elephant in the room, hardly needs to be mentioned I would think (Microsoft). We are only a few years into that regime.

Sebb767 4y ago
You can say a lot of bad stuff about Microsoft, but they are not known for randomly and suddenly killing of their services.
- macintux 4y ago
  Serious question, though: how many services have they offered over the years that were free to anyone? Free to existing Windows users, perhaps, but free to the world doesn’t seem like something Microsoft was historically in a position to offer, much less later kill.
  - Kwpolska 4y ago
    Hotmail/outlook.com and OneDrive are two services that Microsoft has been offering for decades, for free (with a storage limit, but that’s nothing weird), no Windows required.
    - macintux 4y ago
      Not sure why those didn’t occur to me, other than that I’ve never used them. Thanks.
- trey-jones 4y ago
  It's not randomly and suddenly killing off services, but rather suddenly (and not randomly) changing the pricing structure when companies have been committing to the point of lock-in for years on the free tier.