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Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by hannasanarion »

snazz wrote: post #81
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Well, if true -- I'll be canceling my subscription :D > Thank you Github / Microsoft! What a weird way to thank a company. I get it, but still.

Did they just cut off a significant source of revenue, or do companies that subscribe to Enterprise make them so much more money that it doesn’t matter?

Github was never profitable, private repos were a way to squeeze out a bit of money when they could, but it would never support the service.

Now that they're part of Microsoft, Github's corporate goal isn't to be financially solvent anymore, it is to be a loss-leader for Microsoft's other products. Hook people with github, and then get money from them by offering integrations with Azure, Office, Windows, Sharepoint, etc.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by cperciva »

jopsen wrote: post #72
cperciva wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Never mind loss leader; github can probably pay for itself by providing internal analytics to Microsoft which they can use for qualifying hires.

If you want I suspect you can just go play with: https://blog.github.com/2017-01-19-github-data-ready-for-you... I guess it only counts open source projects, but still that's a lot of data.

Sure, they publish some data. But I'd imagine that Microsoft can pull strings to get better data faster.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by bovermyer »

jarsin wrote: post #116
balls187 wrote: post #38

This is a smart move. Gives developers who have small indy projects a reason to use Github rather than a competitor (I know I use gitlab precisely because it's free for my private one-off repos).

I switched to gitlab for the 10g free space per repo. Wont be switching back to github until they beat that.

...that sounds suspiciously like you're storing binaries in git.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by koolba »

sgc wrote: post #114
bravura wrote: post #106

"Private repositories on free accounts are limited to three collaborators apiece." So let's be clear here. If I have 10 private repos, I can have 30 collaborators? Or they must be the same three.

At most you could have 21? You are de facto a collaborator I would presume.

27?

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by lgregg »

egeozcan wrote: post #88
laumars wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This genuinely seems like an accident judging by the authors Tweets: https://twitter.com/matthewhughes

If I could ever get over the fact that they are using Wordpress, I still wouldn't be able to explain how a single person can set dates and publish stories on their own?!

It’s better than using WordPress to run ecommerce. News content types are close enough to blogs.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by alliecat »

This makes me uncomfortable.

Private subscriptions were a direct revenue stream for Github, and explained directly how they can afford the infrastructure that provides the service.

Generally when previously paid stuff becomes free, it's because the paid service is no longer a product - it's now a tool to attract users. How will users be monetised now?

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