[baddox]

Well, every resource is locally on some physical machine somewhere. I think his point is that Github is often treated by its users as a "local" resource, in that it takes the place of what would otherwise be a local server running a Git front end or repository.

Now, Github probably wouldn't encourage total reliance on their service. Git is fundamentally distributed, so this doesn't have to be a problem. Still, the Github service is an integral part of many developers' workflow, and I do agree with the above commenter that I'm not sold on the idea of trusting remote servers with integral steps in my workflow.

[dedward]

This echoes my thoughts all along.

For open-projects, it's a FANTASTIC platform... no doubt about it.

For a corporate closed project, I honestly would not use github - not because of any feature or lack of them, but because it's a hosted service. I want control over where my code sits, period - if only for the same reason as most hosted services - a subpoena or similar court order can be served against the provider with no notification to the owner of the data. This is the #1 reason one should be careful basing one's business on hosted services.