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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by 5ersi on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:29AM (#17227545)
It is reported that GH makes about $200M a year.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by bobwaycott on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:37AM (#17227635)
Right, but my understanding is they are not profitable (they were, but have been trying to work back toward profitability).
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by mwcampbell on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:52AM (#17227794)
Why did GitHub become unprofitable? Did they spend too much money hosting open-source projects, compared to what they made on private repos? Maybe the lesson is that free hosting never works.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by bmuon on Monday June 04, 2018 @10:54AM (#17228287)
If I learned anything working at large companies is that hardware is never close to being as expensive as headcount.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by 08-15 on Monday June 04, 2018 @02:09PM (#17230420)
Github tried hard, but clearly didn't achieve enough diversity[1] and still had too many white women[2].

[1] https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-a... [2] http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg

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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by foobarbazetc on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:05AM (#17228422)
No, that’s not why.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by axiometry on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:24PM (#17229442)
Magic 8 ball says: Sorry, try again.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by TremendousJudge on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:45PM (#17230194)
I have been looking for a source to that claim (not the first I have seen) and haven't found one (either for or against profitability). Does anybody have one?
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