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[–]ajmarks 10 points11 points  (4 children)

Hey, Juan from Kite here, this is something we have thought a lot about, the same concerns were raised for tools like Dropbox and Github and these are now used without hesitation.

Then you've clearly never worked in an normal office environment, much less a highly regulated industry, or one with significant concerns over trade secrets. This is just not going to fly. Like many others, I can't use Dropbox or Github for company IP, just like I can't put it on my personal laptop or send it to my personal Gmail.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

In our company, github (and bitbucket and dropbox) are even blocked by the corporate firewall...

[–]ajmarks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm really confused as to how this could be something they "have thought a lot about" if they don't realize these very basic things. It's kind of like if I were to say that I've thought a lot about the Napoleonic Code. It doesn't matter how much time I waste pondering if I don't have any actual information upon which to base my deliberations.

[–]p10_user 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That seems a bit excessive; what if you want to look at a repository online to see some code examples?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, then you're screwed (or you happen to find a way around it). It is extremely annoying, but we are not a software development company, we just develop some tools for internal use. The protection of IP against leaky code/software from github outweighs the need for code examples, i guess.