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Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by albrewer on Thursday February 09, 2023 @01:45PM (#34729032)
> getting frustrated at your bugged technology because the parent company decides it can save some money

It doesn't even save money - the cost is just shifted from subscription expenses to lower dev team productivity. Management can't measure the latter as easily as the former, and arguing against switching is a much more complex argument to understand than "this number is bigger than that one".

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Re:GitHub to layoff 10% and closing all offices by userbinator on Thursday February 09, 2023 @07:53PM (#34734096)
Management can't measure the latter as easily as the former, and arguing against switching is a much more complex argument to understand than "this number is bigger than that one".

There's a very appropriate classic quote for that sort of situation: "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted, counts."

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