On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Even if Github was 100% open source with no proprietary extensions, and the
> *technical* cost of leaving was low, the single-network effect would still 
> lock
> you in, which leaves you (to some degree) at the mercy of Github's management.
> Don't like the fact that they run their servers on electricity made from
> burning puppies and the tears of little children? Too bad, what are you going
> to do, move your project to some backwater VCS where nobody ever goes? You
> might as well be on AOL for all anyone will ever find your project.

So what're you going to do? Move *now* to some backwater where nobody
ever goes, just in case GitHub ever turns evil?

ChrisA
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