I was surprised that this acquisition includes Ordered List's products (SpeakerDeck and Gaug.es specifically). Assuming they don't get shut down, now Github can host your conference talks and provide analytics (built-in repo analytics anyone?) - in addition to hosting your wiki, bug tracker, code repository, and blog.
I think this could be HUGE for Github as they position themselves as the one stop shop for developers.
I can see six months down the line that every major conference is posting their collection of slide decks on Github. I can see tight integration with your repos and analytics ("See how this commit affects your conversion rate") and maybe even a "Start A/B test between these two branches" button.
Right, but it's missing things like how many people viewed this project, how many people cloned it (not fork) after viewing, who is referring people to my project.
I hadn't known about gaug.es before, will have to check that out. Notice that the post says:
All Ordered List products are now GitHub products.
I take that to mean that gaug.es, speakerdeck, and harmony aren't going anywhere, i.e. this wasn't just a "talent acquisition", it's the combination of two profitable businesses joining forces.
I get warm and fuzzy seeing bootstrapped businesses grow.
What Happens to Your Products?
GitHub cares about their customers, and they care about ours as well.
For the short term, it means that not much will change at all. In fact,
it means better, more frequent updates and feature additions, more stability,
and even better support.
For the long term, just as before, we will continue to evolve our products
to best meet the needs of the market and our business.
I think this could be HUGE for Github as they position themselves as the one stop shop for developers.
I can see six months down the line that every major conference is posting their collection of slide decks on Github. I can see tight integration with your repos and analytics ("See how this commit affects your conversion rate") and maybe even a "Start A/B test between these two branches" button.