GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
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GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
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Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#2"Lost"
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#3The thought of losing Github to the startup graveyard is kind of scary. It was bad enough to lose Google Code and when SourceForge had their "great purge" of inactive projects.
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#4Part of me is glad the "inclusive" practices of only hiring women and minorities isn't being rewarded.
At the same time, GitHub really is at the centre of opensource- how can they be losing money when they are literally the defacto code hosting site? And if they go under, who could replace them?
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#5"Lost"
The opposit of a profit is a loss. It is unrelated to the non-financial meaning of the term. They had revenue of $98M, a loss of $66M means they spent $164M over that time frame.
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#6I hope this is a temporary blip on the radar for Github, and that they return to profitability very quickly.
Github should be a pillar platform in our community for the next decade, and the only way for them to become that is via profitability.
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#7Part of me is glad the "inclusive" practices of only hiring women and minorities isn't being rewarded. At the same time, GitHub really is at the centre of opensource- how can they be losing money when they are literally the defacto code hosting site? And if they go under, who could replace them?
Gitlab is a fully featured and ready full replacement for Github. Additionally, the Gitlab team is far more competent and listens better to user feedback.
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#8Part of me is glad the "inclusive" practices of only hiring women and minorities isn't being rewarded. At the same time, GitHub really is at the centre of opensource- how can they be losing money when they are literally the defacto code hosting site? And if they go under, who could replace them?
can you substantiate that ideological extrapolation of yours?
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#9I always freak about some other country attacking github.
The world would crumble/ it's probably some sort of weird national security scenario.
Re: GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
#10The thought of losing Github to the startup graveyard is kind of scary. It was bad enough to lose Google Code and when SourceForge had their "great purge" of inactive projects.
That's what happens with centralized systems it is inevitable, from the Roman Empire to Google Code nothing is permanent.