If GitLab Gets Sold (Datadog and Google Named Among Potential Buyers), It'll Prove Our Point About GitLab
GitLab, just like GitHub, has no viable business model. It's risky to adopt, so a sale (we saw several articles about that yesterday) will merely vindicate us.
Some years ago we spent a long time (years) assessing existing Git forges before deciding to make our own (simple, using Gemini Protocol). We were reluctant to adopt bloated but 'featureful' frameworks for several reasons (different reasons for each, albeit with overlapping reasons).
GitLab used to be hosted by Microsoft (Azure) until Microsoft besieged projects that had adopted GitHub and it has fiscal problems. GitLab was covered in articles such as:
- GitLab the Company, Just Like GitHub (Now Part of Microsoft, Going Through Several Rounds of Layoffs This Year, Even Office Shutdowns), is Sinking Deep Into Debt and Showing the Risk of Outsourcing
- GitLab's Losses Grew From $172,311,000 to $424,174,000 Per Annum
- Mystery Attack on SourceHut, a Leading Free/Libre Alternative to GitHub and Gitlab
- GitLab's Losses Nearly Doubled in 3 Years, Do You Want Your Project to Rely on This Company?
Remember that at one point GitLab wanted to delete many projects to "save money" (it was losing loads of it). Only after persistent backlash it decided not to do this. It decided that for money reason; it reckoned it would lose more money by pissing off millions of protesting developers.
When you adopt GitLab you tie the future of your project (and part of your life) to some private company. That company might soon be Alphabet. Does that sound like a wise idea?
Remember what it did to Google Code. Also, regarding GitHub (amid many waves of layoffs), remember what Microsoft did to CodePlex.
Beware the bait on the hook. █