Announcing unlimited free private repos

> Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement.

Also... kinda unfair to others.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by writepub » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:18 PM UTC

Sure, theNextWeb had a "scheduling error", and this has nothing to do with being the first to put this news out.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:20 PM UTC

lettergram wrote: post #4

Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D Thank you Github / Microsoft! > Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement. Also... kinda unfair to others.

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Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by matthewjhughes » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:21 PM UTC

thameera wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a source for this news beyond the TNW article that's being shared everywhere? I couldn't find any official announcement from GitHub.

I'm the author of this post. The article has been updated to clarify that I accidentally published it one day before the embargo lifted. GitHub will formally announce the news tomorrow.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by saagarjha » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:23 PM UTC

I'm curious if GitHub is now a loss leader for Microsoft, or if personal subscriptions were a small portion of their revenue.

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Post by SlowRobotAhead » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:24 PM UTC

lettergram wrote: post #4

Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D Thank you Github / Microsoft! > Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement. Also... kinda unfair to others.

"Oops" we got a big industry exclusive. Our bad guys!

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Post by lewisflude » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:26 PM UTC

SlowRobotAhead wrote: post #9

lettergram wrote: post #4

Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D Thank you Github / Microsoft! > Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement. Also... kinda unfair to others.

"Oops" we got a big industry exclusive. Our bad guys!

I wonder if they reached out to GitHub to see if they felt it was alright to keep this up? Might be good if the author could clarify! Either way, really cool news.