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Re:Facebook's git repo is 54GB by Strom on Friday April 25, 2014 @04:58PM (#7648990)
Having only the code wouldn't be enough. You need to also replicate comparable maintenance staff & data center capability. Even then you'll just have a clone of the tech, but nobody will actually use your service. There's so much more that makes facebook what it is. I think they may even be able to open source their tech with a net positive effect.
Re:Facebook's git repo is 54GB by ProAm on Friday April 25, 2014 @06:06PM (#7649329)
I think a lot of their value comes in the data the collect about users and how they use it to sell ads to vendors. That source code would be worth a lot. I'm not speaking about replicating a Facebook on your own servers, I agree there it would be futile. But how they run their business can probably be derived from their source code.