Google had a viable GitHub competitor at one point. But they let it languish and then shut it down. It's a familiar story.
What was that called?
Google Code: https://code.google.com/archive/
Oh. I thought you were talking about a viable GitHub competitor ;)
It was the go-to for hosting small projects for a time, back then.
What made it unviable except letting it languish and then shutting it down?
Re:The Future of the Gitlab Web IDE
by smileybarry on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @06:32AM
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It had what was essentially an HTML4 UI and just SVN support for what seems like forever. I can't remember a version of it that didn't look like 2005 Gmail.
Hence "languish". When it was first made available in 2006, it wasn't an also-ran.
Re:The Future of the Gitlab Web IDE
by nemothekid on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @03:55AM
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>In 10 years Google regret not buying Github.
They regretted it the day it was announced.
In 10 years Google regret not buying Github.