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>>ig0r0+(OP)
This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

>>LifeIs+q1
GitHub has significant vendor lock-in, so it makes sense to make it free to capture the market before a competitor gets traction.

[Speculation:]

Perhaps they've run the numbers and can figure out that they make enough money from enterprise clients and will make enough more money from the 'marketplace' being a channel for selling github integrations and addons to cover this cost of not trying to monetize through supporting teams.

It also moves a large base from 'customer' with needed support to free users which don't need the same level of support.

>>7777fp+k2
> GitHub has significant vendor lock-in

Do they? Unless you're on GitHub Enterprise, migrating is just moving your repos over the weekend, setting up new webhooks, emailing everyone a command to switch their upstream URL, and hoping the new workflow works for you. For teams of <100, this it one of the easier transitions to make.

>>dehrma+a7
How are you gonna migrate issues and actions?

>>aledal+0a
I'm not sure about actions, but GitLab[1] and BitBucket[2] have the ability to import issues.

[1]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/import/github.html

[2]: https://confluence.atlassian.com/get-started-with-bitbucket/...

>>gbear6+2g
Thanks for sharing this, I'm a GitLab community advocate, and wanted to see if you'd like to join our #GitChallenge - You share a review of GitLab vs GitHub (whether positive/negative/neutral), and we send you some swag. More info if you're interested: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/04/14/github-free-for-tea...