Re:Requiem for GitHub
by mwcampbell on Sunday February 07, 2016 @12:04PM
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Why is having a high number of employees even considered a good thing? The true value of a technology company is in how much it can do with few employees.
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The real value, and the perceived value to specific buyers, are two different things. Most technology acquisitions are about buying staff and clients. A GitHub engineer is worth much more to (say) Yahoo! than a Sourceforge engineer. (Even if they were hired only a year ago.)