we'll see how GH responds in the face of competition like this. Now I no longer need to go beyond the $7/month github plan.
I could see GH creating an "unlimited" account for $20/month that allows up to 3mb of files and unlimited repos.
I could see GH creating an "unlimited" account for $20/month that allows up to 3mb of files and unlimited repos.
I just wonder if there's a bit of a culture-jam here. It'd tempt you to not open up projects as freely, which seems at odds with the ideals of the GH camp.
They have a great business model - free repos for OSS drives users, then they get users to pay a smallish (in absolute terms) cost for private repos. All they need is the million odd developers who use their system for OSS, and they will shake a few bucks out of each somehow. There's no need for them and BB to compete as though they were selling commodity products. Both are competing on getting people used to their interface (by OSS products) and then charging then whatever they think won't cause too much pain.
That said, people with lots of small repos are feeling unnecessary pain from Github's pricing scheme.
What is a user?
Someone with read or write access to one of your private repositories.