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Gitpod is in big trouble

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Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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post #3

How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.

Distribution. GitHub Codespaces will pop up everywhere on GitHub. The experience will be seamless. It’s like Slack vs MS Teams. Yeah Slack is doing fine. But MS Teams is winning in terms of users.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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I found that gitpod compiles are quick compared to github or gitlab. For free gitpod gives 8 cores + 16GB RAM. Better than my local device.

Wondering what the long term strategy of gitpod.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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post #3

How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.

Distribution. GitHub Codespaces will pop up everywhere on GitHub. The experience will be seamless. It’s like Slack vs MS Teams. Yeah Slack is doing fine. But MS Teams is winning in terms of users.

MS Teams is not winning the users; it is rather winning IT managers since it seems to be cheap/free. It is among the worst piece of software I ever had to use. It's laggy as hell, and nothing is presented in a logical way.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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post #3

How an opensource project is in a big trouble because it have close source alternative ? It's the other way around. As soon as close source alternative aren't as customizable as opensource ones they will come looking opensource alternative and how it grows.

Microsoft is in full Embrace, Extend, Extinguish mode.

This includes: tie ins in VS Code not available to third party extensions; closed source Python and C# features not available to third party forks of VS Code; features like Live Share and ML powered completions; and Gitpod can't use VS Code without forking it or violating the trademark.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Distribution. GitHub Codespaces will pop up everywhere on GitHub. The experience will be seamless. It’s like Slack vs MS Teams. Yeah Slack is doing fine. But MS Teams is winning in terms of users.

MS Teams is not winning the users; it is rather winning IT managers since it seems to be cheap/free. It is among the worst piece of software I ever had to use. It's laggy as hell, and nothing is presented in a logical way.

I am not disagreeing about MS Teams being an inferior product. But, the fact remains that MS Teams is outpacing Slack by a wide margin [0]. The author argues that similar things will happen to Gitpod.

[0] https://www.bemopro.com/hs-fs/hubfs/slack%20vs.%20teams.jpg?...

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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The author offers no evidence for said "trouble" other than the existance of a similar free offering at github. Clickbait.

Agree, he also mentioned that gitpod is slow as compared to github.

While I agree there are several other factors which play a part in which company is going to win, the L team at gitpod will be definitely be alarmed.

Re: Gitpod is in big trouble

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post #2

The author offers no evidence for said "trouble" other than the existance of a similar free offering at github. Clickbait.

Agree, he also mentioned that gitpod is slow as compared to github. While I agree there are several other factors which play a part in which company is going to win, the L team at gitpod will be definitely be alarmed.

I found that gitpod is much quicker than github for android dev.
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