[petsc-dev] Is bitbucket less responsive than it use to be?

[Smith, Barry F.]

> On May 14, 2019, at 9:06 PM, Jed Brown via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
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> FWIW, mention of GitLab focuses on network effects, not the technical merits. Network effects are real, though I think a monoculture is hazardous in the long term.

   Monoculture is definitely hazardous to society overall but the question is if groups that avoid that monoculture suffer as a result of avoiding the monoculture. 

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> I don't know how to valuate the difference in network effect for GitLab vs GitHub. I really like the CI integration in GitLab, but GitHub is certainly capable of building a competitor (or adding direct support for gitlab-runner).