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I should add that GitHub's business strategy may well have been to
run at a loss, attract the free software / open source community and
thereby build a big following (well deserved I might add, they run a
great service), then go looking for buyers. Perfectly good business
strategy, and it tempers my thought that depending on GitHub five
years ago was risky. Maybe not as risky as I originally thought. And
now their business strategy has proven to be a good one. the
founders risked it all, worked like dogs, suffered (no doubt)
through some dark times, and are walking away with seven billion
dollars, a free enterprise success. Bravo to them.<br>
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-- Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/5/2018 6:05 PM, Djorgovski,
Stanislav G. wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Whereas it is never a good idea to stick one’s neck in a religious dispute, for what it’s worth, I think that Jonathan’s and Bob’s comments make a good sense. In addition, if you’d like to attract some young, creative developers, you should use the tools that they use. Cheers, George
PS. Bob, my standing in the IVOA/VO community is probably even lower than yours.
PPS. Kindly do not reply - just curse me in private.</pre>
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