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Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by EpicEng »

nyxtom wrote: post #197

It's interesting that the HN community continues to make reference to the prospect of a decentralized internet when Git was built to be decentralized in the first place. In spite of this, we all have congregated around GitHub for the community and are shocked when the centralized source we've been using gets acquired by a company we don't trust. That's sort of the whole point of centralization, you can't trust it. Ma…

>Maybe this event will finally shift things back into a decentralized direction.

Absolutely no chance, and I'm fine with that. Sorry, but I don't feel like spinning up a slhit server and managing all that goes along with it. I just want my code hosted somewhere that others can access. These meta issues are just noise and don't bother me (or 95%+ of the people using GH) one bit.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by josh64 »

bhouston wrote: post #584
guitarbill wrote: post #577

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This "synergy" seems to be pretty one-sided. Which of these synergies is useful for existing GitHub users? That's kind of the problem with this acquisition, which is why few Github users are excited for it. It also doesn't feel like Microsoft understands developers or even end users consistently. VSCode is a nice editor, but not the only one. The MSDN docs and site is awful. Azure is okay, but Windows 10 is somehow m…

GitHub subscriptions included in msdn?

I was thinking part of Office 365 - collaborative dev tools are the missing piece for most businesses.

There wouldn't be a major need for Jira, GitLab, etc for the most part.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by marssaxman »

rbosinger wrote: post #397
closeparen wrote: post #371

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This dovetails nicely with Windows Subsystem for Linux, VS Code, and Microsoft’s ongoing play to capture the Silicon Valley hipster development ecosystem that Apple is alienating.

Yeah, the open source dev community may very well see Microsoft quite differently in upcoming years if they keep playing their cards this way.

Microsoft had their chance, and they worked hard to show us what they're made of. We learned the lesson, and they don't get another chance.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by unfunco »

This might be a stupid question, I did Cmd+F to search if it had already been asked and answered and it hasn't, so it might actually be stupid.

I'm guessing it's very illegal (IANAL) and that it's not the intention of Microsoft (IANACEO), but what are the ramifications relating to IP (GitHub's customer's IP, rather than the GitHub's IP) - has Microsoft essentially bought access to a massive stash of IP/trade secrets in the form of private repositories?

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by geekjock »

I recently built a GitHub Markeplace app (https://pullreminders.com) and have been really impressed by GitHub's ecosystem strategy. They seem to taking lessons from Slack's success and doubling down on supporting integrators who provide valuable apps and features built on top of GitHub (ie. TravisCI, ZenHub). I hope this direction continues under new ownership.

GitLab on the other hand is focused on solving every facet of the development lifecycle within their core product. From their blog post about GitHub's acquisition:

> ... instead of integrating multiple tools together, we believe a single application, built from the ground up to support the entire DevOps lifecycle is a better experience leading to a faster cycle time.

It will be interesting to see how the different strategies play out.

P.S. Here's the GitHub Marketplace: https://github.com/marketplace

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by paulie_a »

jasonkester wrote: post #92
singularity2001 wrote: post #23

If this is true, I delete my account immediately. The last thing I want is my code to fall into the hands of MS.

Fair enough. After all, they did ship a free web browser with their operating system, 24 years ago. Some things you can just never forgive.

A shitty free browser developers still have to deal with today because enterprises refuse to fix their garbage in-house software..I'm not bitter at all.
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