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If they take VC money there are only two possible end goals. Go public or get bought. VC investment needs to be payed back.
by rapsey 2y ago
If they take VC money there are only two possible end goals. Go public or get bought. VC investment needs to be payed back.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoGitlab went public October 14th, 2021. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTLB/ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTLB/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28863993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28863993
- lagniappe 2y agoAll investment must be recouped, even in a purchase. 8B is a proud sum and it'll be attempted to be extracted from the users first. This is the beginning of the end, as we have seen over and over again.
- Jensson 2y agoSo time to move all stuff you have on gitlab somewhere else, that way it will be easier when they change the terms.
- preisschild 2y agoMany things in gitlab, like their many project planning features & CI+CD, dont really have self hosted alternatives...
- NewJazz 2y agoYou can self host gitlab. If they ever stop releasing open source code, someone will fork the last community edition.