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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by rqs on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:44AM (#18031494)
There are difference between backing and acquiring. Plus, GitLab is open sourced and self-hostable.

If Google wants to throw some of their money on something that end user can fully control, then why not be happy about it?

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:12AM (#18032130)
> GitLab is open sourced ...

GitLab is open core, not open source. They say so themselves:

https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-gith...

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by dsumenkovic on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:29AM (#18032254)
You are right about the open-core. However, in that blog-post, Sid mentioned that we are an open-source company and remarked that open-core is the more accurate term.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by village-idiot on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:16AM (#18031704)
Because they’ve gotten pretty effective at the open source bait and switch too. Look at android.
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