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0 pointskrstck9y ago0 comments

> At Bay Area prices isn't that about 5 minutes of developer pay per month?

I work for an academic nonprofit. Asking to spend any money is like pulling teeth, and any purchase I make has to go through many layers of bureaucracy who don't understand or care what I do and have no incentive to make my life easier. I don't want to leave Github, but now I have to, because I just won't get the approval to spend hundreds a year. But I know that's nothing to Bay Area companies, so the rest of us will just go kick rocks or something.

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WillAbides9y ago

> I don't want to leave Github, but now I have to, because I just won't get the approval to spend ~100's a month.

No you don't have to leave GitHub now. GitHub isn't forcing existing customers onto the new pricing, and it says in the post that if that changes at least 12 months notice will be given.

StevePerkins9y ago

What announcement are you reading? It states very clearly that this is the new pricing model, period.

Yes, existing customers have a 12-month grace period before they're impacted by a price change... but that clock just started ticking. There isn't an indefinite opt-out for this model change.

WillAbides9y ago

I'm looking at this one [0]. Specifically this item in the FAQ:

> Will GitHub force me to move to per-user pricing after 12 months?

> No. At this time we are not enforcing a timeline to move and if in the future we do decide to set a timeline we are committing to giving you at least 12 months.

[0] https://github.com/blog/2164-introducing-unlimited-private-r...

msbarnett9y ago

> Yes, existing customers have a 12-month grace period before they're impacted by a price change... but that clock just started ticking

"Will GitHub force me to move to per-user pricing after 12 months?

No. At this time we are not enforcing a timeline to move and if in the future we do decide to set a timeline we are committing to giving you at least 12 months."

So you have an indefinite period of time + 12 months, not a hard 12 months starting now.

threatofrain9y ago

Are you guys going through the nonprofit or the academics pricing?

krstckOP9y ago

Their nonprofit accounts are designed for "nonacademic" orgs. If there's an account type that's applicable to university research (not just students) then I'd be thrilled.

WillAbides9y ago

Check the bottom of this page [0] and prepare to be thrilled.

[0] https://education.github.com/

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0 pointskrstck9y ago0 comments

> At Bay Area prices isn't that about 5 minutes of developer pay per month?

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WillAbides9y ago

> I don't want to leave Github, but now I have to, because I just won't get the approval to spend ~100's a month.

No you don't have to leave GitHub now. GitHub isn't forcing existing customers onto the new pricing, and it says in the post that if that changes at least 12 months notice will be given.

StevePerkins9y ago

What announcement are you reading? It states very clearly that this is the new pricing model, period.

Yes, existing customers have a 12-month grace period before they're impacted by a price change... but that clock just started ticking. There isn't an indefinite opt-out for this model change.

WillAbides9y ago

I'm looking at this one [0]. Specifically this item in the FAQ:

> Will GitHub force me to move to per-user pricing after 12 months?

> No. At this time we are not enforcing a timeline to move and if in the future we do decide to set a timeline we are committing to giving you at least 12 months.

[0] https://github.com/blog/2164-introducing-unlimited-private-r...

msbarnett9y ago

> Yes, existing customers have a 12-month grace period before they're impacted by a price change... but that clock just started ticking

"Will GitHub force me to move to per-user pricing after 12 months?

No. At this time we are not enforcing a timeline to move and if in the future we do decide to set a timeline we are committing to giving you at least 12 months."

So you have an indefinite period of time + 12 months, not a hard 12 months starting now.

threatofrain9y ago

Are you guys going through the nonprofit or the academics pricing?

krstckOP9y ago

Their nonprofit accounts are designed for "nonacademic" orgs. If there's an account type that's applicable to university research (not just students) then I'd be thrilled.

WillAbides9y ago

Check the bottom of this page [0] and prepare to be thrilled.

[0] https://education.github.com/

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