But despite its popularity with enterprise users, individual developers and open source projects, GitHub has never turned a profit and chances are the company decided that an acquisition was preferable over trying to IPO.
So far this freedom has helped the local hedge-fund industry, without hurting the punters.According to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the central bank, one of the most powerful forces behind the growth of hedge funds is their popularity among individuals, including ordinary folk with as little as A$1,000 ($785) to invest.
In addition, Sport Obermeyer succeeded in persuading some of its most important retailer customers to place their orders sooner, thereby providing the company with valuable early information on the likely popularity of individual styles.
The overwhelming popularity of mobile phones and text messaging make them an ideal tool for getting in contact with individuals.
The concept has grown in popularity among individual investors.
Figure 4 Popularity of individual venues within each gender in São Paulo, Brazil.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has gained increasing popularity, particularly among individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) for which traditional medicine has generally been ineffective.
Properties contrast with individuals.
System-level virtualization is today enjoying a rebirth as a technique to effectively share what had been considered large computing resources which subsequently faded from the spotlight as individual workstations gained in popularity with a "one machine one user" approach.
Slater has had as much to do with surfing's growth in popularity as any individual, and where would "Surf City" be without surfing?
In 2010, Portman's activist work and popularity with young people earned her a nomination for VH1's Do Something Awards, which is dedicated to honoring individuals who do good.
