This strategy isn't just for techies with more free time than cash. It's also for the techies who work for companies where security is a _really big_ issue. Com

This strategy isn't just for techies with more free time than cash. It's also for the techies who work for companies where security is a _really big_ issue. Companies who, for one reason or another, simply cannot store some of their data offsite or delegate that responsibility to third parties. We have our own GitHub server (read: actual deployment of GitHub, on our local network, because we just like GitHub), which requires a license to use. The benefit is that we are in control of keeping our own stuff private. This is important for some of our customers. And of course we don't fall apart because GitHub is having an issue. There's real potential for "the Cloud" as a concept to lose a bit of trust in the wake of the PRISM revelations so having letting people deploy your software to their own "Private Cloud" could be very welcome. NB: We do also have our own public GitHub account too for our open-source stuff, with some private repos for when we need to work with third-parties.