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Microsoft acquires Github

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Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by 4lch3m1st »

crazygringo wrote: post #36
codetrotter wrote: post #15

> And Microsoft is all-in on open source. We have been on a journey with open source, and today we are active in the open source ecosystem, we contribute to open source projects, and some of our most vibrant developer tools and frameworks are open source. 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. It’s a fair point bu…

Corporations aren't people. If you change the leadership and change employee incentives, it might as well be a different company. Sure there's cultural inertia... but incentives trump culture every time.

It may sound like a harsh statement, but exactly because corporations are not like people, they seem to be harder to change, in my opinion. I'm not saying Microsoft can't change, but it's easy to forget that the main goal of any corporation is profit, specially when it's so big.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

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.

Is that last one sarcastic? Because with Skype they finally tossed the 15-20 year old client with a slick (and lacking in features) electron-like app. Better to start fresh than try and maintain the old shit.

Anyway Skype is a non-issue, it's lost market thanks to pretty much everyone making a chat app / competitor, notably Slack.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by skierscott »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #29

They do seem to be trying to reassure people that they're not gonna mess this up: > And Microsoft is all-in on open source. We have been on a journey with open source, and today we are active in the open source ecosystem, we contribute to open source projects, and some of our most vibrant developer tools and frameworks are open source. When it comes to our commitment to open source, judge us by the actions we have ta…

>> Going forward, GitHub will remain an open platform, which any developer can plug into and extend.

Does an “open platform” mean “open source” or “a plugin system”? I think making it open source would alleviate a lot of dev concerns.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by unictek »

It's a global step backward for Open Source Software.

Microsoft was always hated because of their closed source software and now they hold the principal Open Source bastion.

Github helped so many Open Source Developers get their projects out of shadow, thanks to the "star" system, news feed... and sometimes this could change a life (like me that created a startup on top of an open source project that became successful on Github).

I feel ashamed now to work on Github, a platform that is, today, owned by Microsoft, a company which I do not support their philosophy and culture.

For me it's a day of mourning and I pry Microsoft to not touch at what makes Github what it is today.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by Iv »

Well, I kinda trusted Github to be good actors with the things they centralized while Microsoft is almost the epitome of reasons why centralization is bad and why you want to carefully keep control over your process.

Nope. Nope nope nope nope nope.

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