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> We now need to think about a backup plan in case Github management gets out of line. This is a distributed source control system. Keep a clone of the repo so

• iwwr 11y ago
  That's not the only reason people use Github. It's the Facebook of programmers in some sense and it's got a critical mass that switching to something else is not practicable (not without some serious momentum).
  • Animats 11y ago
    "It's the Facebook of programmers" Business Insider agrees.[1] Github, Inc. is now valued at $2 billion. Right. Which means we have to worry about Github's management starting to think like Zuckerberg: "All your life is belong to us." [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/github-raises-200-million-worth-2-billion-report-2015-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/github-raises-200-million-wor...
    • mcintyre1994 11y ago
      I think this is an unfair jump because they do have a legitimate business model with enterprise revenue - they don't need to start owning your life to continue to exist.
      • chronic40 11y ago
        Advertising is a higher margin business.
        • larsiusprime 11y ago
          I'm pretty sure Advertising is about as low margin as it gets.
          • wlesieutre 11y ago
            And Github users run ad blockers at a much higher rate than the general public
  • codingdave 11y ago
    The "Facebook of programmers" is a great analogy. Because while the masses act like they cannot live without it, those of us who just don't use it really do not feel like we are missing anything in our lives. There are other Git services. There are other source control mechanisms. There are other ways to do things. Just like you can actually leave Facebook, feel free to leave Github. Or stay. But make a conscious choice.
• anewhnaccount 11y ago
  What about your issues, pull requests, visiblity of forks?
  • Ygg2 11y ago
    I think issues/wiki can be exported, no?