GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
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Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#2So, what you're saying is that Microsoft got an absolute steal.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#3It is like people just can’t not to vendorlock even with git.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#4Printing money makes bubbles.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#5good company, but arguably overvalued https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/10/12/gi...
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#6It is like people just can’t not to vendorlock even with git.
Eh, they provide a useful service. I wouldn't want to run my own git server.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#7It is like people just can’t not to vendorlock even with git.
Conversely, services that give access to leave/clone via an open protocol like git are the last ones you should worry about lock-in with...right?
Unless you get too comfortable with the services' tertiary benefits, and that's not lock in — that's just comfort.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#8good company, but arguably overvalued https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/10/12/gi...
The article would be more convincing if it was less of a blatant hatchet job, I got a bit dizzy with how it tried spinning everything into a negative.
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#9This begs the question: who's going to swoop down and suck the life out of GitLab?
Oracle? IBM? Facebook?
Re: GitLab now worth twice what Microsoft paid for GitHub
#10>gwe3232t 2 hours ago [dead] [–]
>Printing money makes bubbles.
You're not wrong...