Because if you're a startup, you probably don't want to deal with something like that. You want something that "just works."

Depends how "real" of a startup you are.

VC backed? Ya, you'd probably just pay someone else to handle it - it's not your money after all...

Bootstrapping with a friend as a side gig until you have something viable... you're probably going to go with the free/cheapest option possible - scaling up as necessary and not a second before.

If you're bootstrapping, you use the online hosted solution.

> The program offers github enterprise for free. The credits are in addition to that and can be used to e.g buy cloud CI/CD time.

That's not what the Github page says.

What does it say? The article itself seems pretty clear that it’s included in the free program

> [..] we’re announcing that GitHub Enterprise is now included in Microsoft for Startups, a free program [..]

Am I reading in the wrong place? Or just reading it wrong?

> Participants receive $1,000 of monthly credit for up to two years of GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

They're giving select startups $1,000 monthly in free credits used to pay for GitHub Enterprise. That $1,000 isn't in addition to GH Enterprise being free.

It's unknown, but seems implied, if you can apply unused credits to their CI/CD and other offerings.

I see. So by ”now included” what they mean is “now included in the set if things you can use the credits for”? That’s an interesting use of the word...

I think they mean it's now included in their Startup package, which includes other things like free Azure Credits and others.

Sort of like their free Student offering which includes Azure, and others to get students hooked on using GitHub & Company products.