Why GitLab Is Moving From Azure to Google Cloud Platform

To old timers in the open source game, it might come as a surprise that a company like GitLab that’s proud of it’s open source roots would be using Azure to begin with. After all, wasn’t distrust of Microsoft’s ownership of GitHub the reason behind the mass exodus to GitLab earlier this month? While a “new” and more open source friendly Microsoft was undoubtedly one of the reasons why GitLab would even consider the move to Redmond’s cloud — the motivating factor was money.