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Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

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Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#11
So they killed Google code to... launch another code hosting thing?

Does Google have too many siloed product managers? Maybe you can only advance up the corporate ladder by releasing new products, and fuck all if they get killed later, because you got your promotion?

No clue what the cause. Just seems weird looking on from the sidelines.

Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#13
This is clickbait. Nevertheless, my first thought was "GitHub is much better and much much safer than anything Google can offer". Back in the day, were Microsoft to offer a competitor to a small company's product and my reaction would be: "They're dead in the water".

Food for thought...

Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#15

Hasn't Google Code existed for ages? No one seemed to like it. Heck, Google didn't seem to like it enough to give it any love, just check out the UI on the site: https://code.google.com/hosting/search?q=label%3aPython

google code is EOL: http://google-opensource.blogspot.de/2015/03/farewell-to-goo...

Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#16
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This article is just click bait. Pretty sure this product is just so you can store your code/repo for your project using Google's cloud services. It's part of a whole for their cloud offering.

Yep, more of a competitor to Microsoft's Visual Studio Online than any of the social coding platforms: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/what-is-visual-s...

Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#18
My team has just started looking for a github replacement because the code review workflow is just not working for us, we need something with more structure. I think there's plenty of space for feature and price competition, especially for private repos where github's social network effects don't matter as much.

Re: Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor

#19

This is clickbait. Nevertheless, my first thought was "GitHub is much better and much much safer than anything Google can offer". Back in the day, were Microsoft to offer a competitor to a small company's product and my reaction would be: "They're dead in the water". Food for thought...

Yes. Google now try to take it all like the old Microsoft. No wonder they get bad response for each new product like that people simply don't trust them anymore.
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