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Comment by miguelrochefort

8 years ago

I'm sure GitHub will introduce free private repos soon enough.

I'd be surprised if the announcement didn't also come with that change. Easiest way to even the field.

  • If Microsoft decides to make GitHub free for all, this can honestly have a devastating affect on GitLab and Bitbucket. I really think Microsoft is a lot more interested in:

    - capturing developer data for ML/AI research

    - identify new product ideas

    - identify ways to improve existing products

    - create a funnel to existing products

Especially since Microsoft's own version control thing has this.

  • Well, sort of. It's limited to 5 contributors, which is kind of a big deal if you're on a serious team.

    • If you have more than 5 contributors, you can probably afford to spend $5/user/month If that isn't the case, then GitLab/Gogs/Gitea/etc. is probably the better route to go.