> It's a for-profit enterprise that would do well to listen to the concerns of its userbase.
Very true, and I'm surprised this is the first comment that points this out. GitHub doesn't need our thanks -- it gets our money. You could easily argue that the OSS/social aspects are excellent marketing tactics, not anything remotely like altruism.
I'm also starting to become concerned that GitHub, a for-profit, has locked in so much of our industry. In my opinion, they need to be responsible stewards of all that lock-in. Look at what happened when SourceForge stagnated and then started to spread malware. There's no reason the same thing couldn't happen to GitHub.
Very true, and I'm surprised this is the first comment that points this out. GitHub doesn't need our thanks -- it gets our money. You could easily argue that the OSS/social aspects are excellent marketing tactics, not anything remotely like altruism.
I'm also starting to become concerned that GitHub, a for-profit, has locked in so much of our industry. In my opinion, they need to be responsible stewards of all that lock-in. Look at what happened when SourceForge stagnated and then started to spread malware. There's no reason the same thing couldn't happen to GitHub.