LB: GitLab isn't a safe place to put your stuff, either, unless you grab their software and host it yourself
@sc they took VC money so now they have to eventually sell out themselves
@KitRedgrave What does "LB" mean? People keep using it and I don't understand :(
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@KitRedgrave That makes a LOT more sense than the definitions DuckDuckGo found.
@KitRedgrave I don't use their hosted stuff (and do use other installs), but that quote is more than a little out of context. It's a rather misleading cut of goal 5 on their strategy page[1]:
"Stay independent so we can preserve our values. Since we took external investment we need a liquidity event. To stay independent we want that to be an IPO instead of being acquired."
(Though their CEO says they "can't rule out an acquisition"[2])
1: https://about.gitlab.com/strategy/
2: https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1003415290368028672
@aschmitz i'm still kinda iffy on that, 'cuz doing an IPO doesn't actually guarantee you independence. you still eventually get a board pushing you to do things that aren't the wisest but do jack up their "value"...
@KitRedgrave Eh, depends. You can, and that's certainly common, but it doesn't mean it has to. Apple and Tesla come to mind as companies that have both ignored shareholders' demands and done their own thing. (Apple less so recently, but pretty consistently under Jobs, not I'm his biggest fan in other ways.)
@KitRedgrave Er, that should be "not that I'm his [...]"
@KitRedgrave They also kind of preview their plans on a lot of that elsewhere in the document. For example, their first principle[1] is "Founder control: vote & board majority so we can keep making long term decisions.". Maybe it won't work out for them! But it seems like their plans are at least plausible (to me, who hasn't actually run or IPO'd a company, so take the accompanying amounts of salt).
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For most people, a Gitea instance would suffice in my opinion
@KitRedgrave what's wrong with them? :?