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dragonwriter on July 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: GitHub Raises $250M at $2B Valuation

Git hosting is a commodity, but GitHub is a proprietary and increasing dominant solution with strong network effects that had git housing as a central element, but also includes several differentiating features on top of git hosting.

gavazzy on July 30, 2015 [–]

But the questions is: what are the specific differentiating features and will people always pay for them?

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