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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by bovermyer on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:48PM (#17258914)
That IS a small number. Consider the context.
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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by sdesol on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:03PM (#17259068)
Yeah I really think people are trying to read way too much into things. The only true bellwether in my opinion, are influential open source projects leaving GitHub for something else, like self hosting with GitLab/Bitbucket/etc.

If nodejs, google, and other big names/organizations decides to leave, then I think it is time for Microsoft to worry.

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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by superflyguy on Friday June 08, 2018 @03:45AM (#17263433)
Gnome, Debian and gimp have all left.
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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by sdesol on Friday June 08, 2018 @11:40AM (#17266515)
Were they ever hosted on GitHub?
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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by mythrwy on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:06PM (#17259100)
Not for 24 hours it isn't.
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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by penagwin on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:12PM (#17259149)
Right, but I doubt it'll continue at such a rate. This kind of stuff happens a lot (netflix making it harder to use VPNs, the recent facebook stuff, etc), "mass of people leave" but in reality it's a very small group, who are rather loud. Plus, mirroring isn't the same as leaving (IMO). To me it's more of a precaution.
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Re:I’m Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub. AMA by superflyguy on Thursday June 07, 2018 @07:14PM (#17261212)
Right, I mean it can't continue at that rate forever - the numbers don't support that hypothesis.
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