GitLab Gains After Microsoft Buys GitHub

Source: thenewweb.com

Now that Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock, GitLab is gaining traction from coders afraid of the future of Microsoft's over reach. Although, Nat Friedman the new CEO promises that nothing will change, some coders have showed little fate in his promises. Chris Wanstrath, co-founder of GitHub, will join Microsoft as a technical fellow.

After news of the acquisition was made official, GitLab saw a sharp rise in the amount of repositories.

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We're seeing 10x the normal daily amount of repositories #movingtogitlab … We're scaling our fleet to try to stay up. Follow the progress on https://monitor.gitlab.net/dashboard/db/github-importer?orgId=1 … and Hive account@movingtogitlab

GitLab is making the most of the acquisition by offering a 75% discount on their gold and ultimate packages. They already have an import tool that allows developers to easily port their repositories to their platform.