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Seems like Github is feeling heat from GitLab/BitBucket. I guess the calculation here is that the enterprise contracts are where all the money is, and keeping smaller customers on GitHub is worth the price cut?
Seems like Github is feeling heat from GitLab/BitBucket. I guess the calculation here is that the enterprise contracts are where all the money is, and keeping smaller customers on GitHub is worth the price cut?
Well, this is amazing! I never would have thought the Microsoft acquisition would have these kinds of results! Congrats to Nat and the GitHub team (and by extension Microsoft) for making this possible! I wonder whether this is a result of market conditions, or whether GitHub sees this is a first-to-market play of some sort, or whether it's something else. I hate to be a cynic given how much good Microsoft + GitHub ha…
Could be a response to GitLab, which had a similar offering for years, including unlimited free private repos.
They understand their target audience more than most of the companies out there. When they are making moves such as this, they explain what was behind it. I find it authentic.
This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?
This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?
[Speculation:]
Perhaps they've run the numbers and can figure out that they make enough money from enterprise clients and will make enough more money from the 'marketplace' being a channel for selling github integrations and addons to cover this cost of not trying to monetize through supporting teams.
It also moves a large base from 'customer' with needed support to free users which don't need the same level of support.
For those wondering "what makes it worth paying now?", GitHub briefly addresses that: Teams who need advanced features (like code owners), enterprise features (like SAML), or personalized support can upgrade to one of our paid plans.
This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?