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I like the idea of giving students free accounts, but I feel like it would probably be abused by too many people. If it is important that it be a private repo
by qhoxie 18y ago
I like the idea of giving students free accounts, but I feel like it would probably be abused by too many people. If it is important that it be a private repo or they needs lots of space, they should consider setting up their own and then move to GH if they have revenue.
- zepolen 18y agoDoesn't that go against the point of GH in the first place? Why use github if you can do it youself? All you really need is an ssh account on a box.
- qhoxie 18y agoDoesn't that go against the point of GH in the first place? No, it doesn't. GitHub is a layer of niceties on top of Git. If they are doing commercial work and cannot afford it, they can set up Git for themselves until they can afford it. I fail to see how that is against the point of GitHub.
- bprater 18y agoAgreed, why not just offer one free private project at GitHub? No real programmer is going to have just one project. If this were the case, I'm not so cheap as to create multiple accounts for multiple projects to bypass having to pay, so I'm guessing other people might be 'not cheap' either.