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Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by tomaha » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

scarface74 wrote: post #24

Paul_S wrote: post #10

"When it comes to our commitment to open source, judge us by the actions we have taken in the recent past, our actions today, and in the future." How is that patent extortion going then? Still earning you money? Any plans to stop in "the near future"? Didn't think so. I'm sure Microsoft will improve github. Just like it improved skype.

So which company would you rather buy Github? GitHub wasn't profitable. Would you rather it just disappear?

It would be great if companies like GitHub would figure out how to earn money. I love more diversity in companies and not just a handful of them dominating and being insanely profitable. The only good thing I see about acquisitions like this is that there will be a few employees with enough money to care less about their future and build something new and interesting. At MS, Google, FB, etc this will not happen.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by scarface74 » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:23 PM UTC

mcny wrote: post #35

scarface74 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So which company would you rather buy Github? GitHub wasn't profitable. Would you rather it just disappear?

I must ask, if it wasn't profitable on Sunday what changes today?

You have a company with deep pockets that can fund it as ongoing concern.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by c3833174 » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

jjuel wrote: post #17

nevi-me wrote: post #2

Satya Nadela's done differently to his predecessors, maybe this will go well. I understand the concern of a few companies dominating everything that we use, but time will tell.

I wonder what people would have thought if Github had just disappeared instead of selling to Microsoft? I mean I understand some concern, but this can really only be a good thing for Github in the long run. It isn't like Microsoft was producing a competitor and just bought them to kill them. Honestly, I like this better than Amazon or Google buying them.

Issues and old repots would be lost but people would move on to another service.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by merinowool » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

This is only a matter of time use of GitHub will require special client with built-in telemetry (read spying).

Especially their defensive tone says all.

What a sad day for GitHub and the community.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by MrStonedOne » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

"From the largest corporations to the smallest startups, GitHub is the destination for developers to learn, share and work together to create software."

And I think this kind of business oriented view of the people who use github, 'corporations', 'startups' will ultimately hurt open source. No mention for the community developed tool/program/game that makes no money and sees more commits from non-org members then org members.

If open source is startups then open source is dead.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by bovermyer » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

jjuel wrote: post #17

nevi-me wrote: post #2

Satya Nadela's done differently to his predecessors, maybe this will go well. I understand the concern of a few companies dominating everything that we use, but time will tell.

I wonder what people would have thought if Github had just disappeared instead of selling to Microsoft? I mean I understand some concern, but this can really only be a good thing for Github in the long run. It isn't like Microsoft was producing a competitor and just bought them to kill them. Honestly, I like this better than Amazon or Google buying them.

This is an important point. Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub means that Amazon and Google lost out on a major component of the developer ecosystem.

I doubt we'll be able to predict how they'll respond. Their own code hosting services are... anemic, in Amazon's case, and dead, in Google's case.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by ethbro » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:25 PM UTC

From a financial perspective, any purchasing company with enterprise sales / support experience is a great fit.

Having MS backing GitHub suddenly makes it a feasible option for a lot of conservative enterprise customers.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by mistermann » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:25 PM UTC

angersock wrote: post #47

bovermyer wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keeping in mind, of course, that Ballmer's Microsoft is very, very different from Nadella's Microsoft...

Yeah, it had reliable revenue streams....

Can you provide evidence that it is in fact very different in that respect?

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by matthewmacleod » Mon, Jun 04, 2018, 1:25 PM UTC

atonse wrote: post #12

chrisper wrote: post #4

Empower, extend, extinguish? Or was it different?

I’m so tired of this trope. It’s like nothing Microsoft does is ever enough for people to realize that there is enough new leadership that isn’t doing this nonsense. Is there any evidence in the Nadella years of MS doing this in the way they used to do this in the 90s?

I would still say be wary.

There isa definite change of tone in the modern Microsoft, but remember that they're still doing a lot of sketchy things. The ongoing patent trolling, or mandatory telemetry in Windows are examples.