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It is reported that GH makes about $200M a year.



Right, but my understanding is they are not profitable (they were, but have been trying to work back toward profitability).


Why did GitHub become unprofitable? Did they spend too much money hosting open-source projects, compared to what they made on private repos? Maybe the lesson is that free hosting never works.


If I learned anything working at large companies is that hardware is never close to being as expensive as headcount.


Github tried hard, but clearly didn't achieve enough diversity[1] and still had too many white women[2].

[1] https://blog.github.com/2016-05-26-diversity-and-inclusion-a... [2] http://i.imgur.com/7YaVYUx.jpg


No, that’s not why.


Magic 8 ball says: Sorry, try again.


I have been looking for a source to that claim (not the first I have seen) and haven't found one (either for or against profitability). Does anybody have one?




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