That's cool. I have no problem paying a bit each month for more features on GitHub so hopefully they add more powerful features, but free private repos for individual projects is great since GitHub for many people is a portfolio.
Announcing unlimited free private repos
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#12I imagine this will harm BitBucket somewhat.
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#13Does 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.
Confusingly it is also dated on the 5th making it look like it should have been announced yesterday...
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
"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.
Definitely cool news, even if it is a max of 3 contributors. I'd have liked to seen that a little higher, but they surely know what they're basing that number on.
It's not enough to pull me from GitLab just yet, but if I keep having 10MB+ issues there, I'll switch.
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#15Well, 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!
On the other hand, it's also "Oops, GitHub will never give us an embargoed announcement again, and a lot of other companies will probably follow suit."
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#16Well, 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!
Are there usually ramifications for leaking stories early like this?
Would GitHub be peeved if another source published this before their official PR statement?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Confusingly it is also dated on the 5th making it look like it should have been announced yesterday...
Yeah, I know. For some reason, when you put a past date in Wordpress and press "schedule," it publishes the article automatically. That's all this was -- a typo.
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#18Sure, theNextWeb had a "scheduling error", and this has nothing to do with being the first to put this news out.
Look at the URL. The datestamp is set to the 5th instead of the 8th, when the embargo for the news lifts. The only reason this post was published early was because a stupid typo when scheduling it.
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#19I'm curious if GitHub is now a loss leader for Microsoft, or if personal subscriptions were a small portion of their revenue.
I'm fairly sure that the bulk of GitHub's revenue comes from companies using GitHub as their primary SCM.
B2B revenue is huge compared to anything you'll get from the few hobbyists who are both able and willing to pay for this kind of service.
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#20This is a bold move. That should prevent a potential exodus to other companies, post-Microsoft acquisition, although doubtful if such a bleed in customers occurred yet. GitHub is far ahead of everyone else thanks to its user interface anyway. This should at least force the competition to step up big time.