Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub

Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by cedricziel on Thursday September 20, 2018 @05:54AM (#18031002)

I don't want to nitpick, but the Article says Alphabet.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by IshKebab on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:32AM (#18031161)

Alphabet is Google.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by DuckyC on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:44AM (#18031210)

No, Alphabet is the parent company to Google. There's a slight difference.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by O_H_E on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:36AM (#18031453)

A formal difference on paper. Top management actually transferred from google to alphabet when alphabet came to life.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by taneq on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:18AM (#18031354)

It's Google plus companies that Google has spun off?

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by JustSomeNobody on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:34AM (#18031441)

Google birthed a parent company called Alphabet.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by jake_the_third on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:55AM (#18031987)

Well I'll be.. A parent-child relationship more odd than those found in os process hierarchies.

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