[sjs382]

It was posted in 2016. It's not in response to GitHub being bought.

[feduzi]

Oops. My bad, did not notice 2016 in the title.

[nikofeyn]

but it being posted again certainly is.

[OJFord]

Yes, I (submitter) do not work for GitLab, I just remembered this article while replying to a thread in one of the submissions about the acquisition, and thought it was interesting to read again in that light.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17225762