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> Was GitHub really critical at time of purchase? Do you think they would have bought it otherwise? Same for NPM, they got bought for huge sums of money becaus
by diggan 1y ago
> Was GitHub really critical at time of purchase?
Do you think they would have bought it otherwise? Same for NPM, they got bought for huge sums of money because they were "critical" already.
- andrewinardeer 1y agoI am of the opinion that it wasn't critical infra, but it was at least unique infra. Similar to LinkedIn, which MS acquired. It wasn't that LI was critical it was because it was unique. And since the acquisition, they have built it out to be critical. Similar to what META did with Instagram. Instagram wasn't critical when META purchased it, but now it is the cornerstone of any business's online presence as it has been built out.