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by educar 3694 days ago
a) They are vc funded

b) They give things free to drive up adoption. For example, I don't think it will be free anymore if it was as popular as GitHub. Since that would not be sustainable.

IMO, it's a poor decision by gitlab to give things out for free. Instead of innovating on features, they try to keep it cheap.
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sytse 3693 days ago
Having a free GitLab.com doesn't mean we don't innovate on features. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/CHANGELO... and https://about.gitlab.com/2016/03/29/gitlab-runner-1-1-releas... for features we recently added.
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educar 3693 days ago
Sorry, I didn't imply GitLab was not innovating. (Apologies for wording my comment poorly). In fact, quite the opposite. I want to see GitLab build a product that people willingly pay for.

(I say the same for all companies. Charge money for your product. If people see value, they will pay.)

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