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Comment by pdknsk | Hacker News Reader

https://about.gitlab.com/

"Better than GitHub"

That's quite a motto.

It's a ballsy and maybe foolishly ambitious motto, but in Gitlab's case they actually deliver on it -- which, considering the current monopolization of project hosting is quite a feat unto itself.

Thanks Morbius!

It makes them sound petty and actually-probably-worse.

Just say you're the best git host. Don't mention your competitor.

I'm going to go create an account on it now. Good luck, guys!

Thanks for the suggestion. The first question anyone asks us is how we compare with GitHub, so we figured we answered it right on the homepage. Awesome that you'll give it a spin, I hope you like it.

That motto links to an excellent explanation https://about.gitlab.com/better-than-github/

IMO not mentioning competitors and not providing a detailed comparison to competitors means that marketing is winning and the market is failing.

Kudos to gitlab for providing info which helps the market work. Opposite of petty! :)

Thanks mlinksva!

i just spotted "GitLab is build to handle very large repositories." there. someone should proof-read it all i guess. :)

Thanks, fixed with https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/commit/5ef9196b... Hopefully many eyes will make all spelling errors shallow :)

Spotted the GitHub fanboy.

GitLab is objectively better. They even list their reasons on the page.

If you disagree you could, you know, refute those points instead of dismissing the whole thing in a petty manner.

Wow, way to miss my point. Gitlab might be better. But when the best location on the frontpage is a direct swipe at the leading competitor, to me that reads as very weak. You know who doesn't bother to take jabs at their competitors? Winners.

I've explained the reasoning in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9192595

I don't think it is always bad to compare yourself, but it should always be based on facts. I think Wealthfront is a winner and they posted https://medium.com/@adamnash/broken-values-bottom-lines-3d55...

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