How Microsoft-Owned GitHub’s Policy Change Is A Boost For Indian Coders & Startups
Earlier today, Microsoft announced that they will be implementing changes to the pricing of GitHub, the software development platform it acquired late last year. In a move to make software development more accessible to smaller groups of developers, Microsoft announced that the option to make repositories private would now be free. Before this change, GitHub?
- In a move to make software development more accessible to smaller groups of developers, Microsoft announced that the option to make repositories private would now be free.
- Before this change, GitHub charged $7 per month for five private repos and $25 for organisations to maintain 10 private repos.
- GitHub’s Business Cloud and GitHub Enterprise products have now been rebranded to Enterprise Cloud and Enterprise Server, and feature per-user pricing.
- Due to the limit of 3 individuals per repo, the use of GitHub by individuals engaging in closed source products is set to increase.
- After this move, individuals can also depend on GitHub as a place to maintain private repos of personal projects.