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The average non-technical person doesn't know what code is, or that code is versioned. Telling them Github stores code isn't very useful without first telling t

• gjmulhol 13y ago
  Agree. Maybe calling them "computer programs" makes more sense. Just from the frame in the picture, it appears that they are just trying to decribe to their viewers why Github has such a high valuation. To answer that question, they probably should just say something like: "Github is a web company that allows programmers to collaborate on writing new software." When it comes down to it, all versioning systems basically enable 2 things: 1. Versioning 2. User tracking I think you are right about the first one, versioning is a very simple idea but difficult to communicate in a Fox sidebar, so when talking about the core value delivered by Github to a layman, it is that many people can edit code in a controllable way. The reason I say programmers and not developers is that I think developers is another word that the majority of society might get hung up on.