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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by mywittyname on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:02AM (#34725978)
> If there are problems, they are Gitlab problems, not macroeconomic problems.

Agreed. But pretty much every business is taking a hard look at their SaaS spend and are making cuts where possible.

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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by mmmm2 on Thursday February 09, 2023 @11:11AM (#34726180)
It seems it's better to be a SaaS provider than a SaaS user. I'm curious how the pendulum will swing as this all plays out.
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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by red-iron-pine on Thursday February 09, 2023 @04:59PM (#34732174)
SaaS is like the offshoring crazy of the 90s and 2000s. Not as great as people seem to think but they're too invested to walk away.
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Re:Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff by coffeebeqn on Thursday February 09, 2023 @07:49PM (#34734050)
I mean it’s just taking the old business model - pay me $500 for a piece of software - and stretching it to - Pay me $20/mo until The end of times.

The bean counters love it because it looks like you have an infinite revenue stream

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