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Re: Hello, GitHub

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Post by civilitty »

zulrah wrote: post #123
dorfsmay wrote: post #108

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Because people with closed source, the paying customers, now have to trust their potential biggest competitor with their source code ‽

So you tell that people trust private company which was loosing money since the creation better than Microsoft with all of its reputation at stake?

What's the evidence that Github was loosing money? Their first (and only, AFAIK) round was with Andreesen Horowitz for $100 million, many years after they had already become the go-to host for open source projects. Before that round the company was bootstrapped with personal funds.

Re: Hello, GitHub

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Post by ben509 »

mkirklions wrote: post #205
save_ferris wrote: post #20

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Agreed, it's way too early to pull out the pitchforks until they've had time to demonstrate their sincerity on tackling these issues (and failed).

By that time you will have a microsoft login to access github and that after 15 downloads you pay 9.99 for premium. Its time to get everything off Github right away.

It's always good to think about how to mitigate vendor lock-in, no matter who the vendor is.

Re: Hello, GitHub

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Post by to_bpr »

themusicgod1 wrote: post #258
foobaw wrote: post #148

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Google and Facebook have tons of private repositories hosted on GitHub. I'd imagine it would be illegal for Microsoft to look into them but Microsoft being such a huge company, this acquisition could easily make Google and Facebook nervous.

...look into / lock / delete them. This gives microsoft the ability to all but stop work at companies who use private repos who compete with them, and/or delete critical repositories. Hope those companies have backups.

Microsoft was described by people who claimed to have seen it as having a terrifying and frightful appearance, with diabolical physiognomy, clawed hands, and eyes that "resembled red balls of fire". One report claimed that, beneath a black cloak, it wore a helmet and a tight-fitting white garment like an oilskin. Many stories also mention a "Devil-like" aspect. Others said it was tall and thin, with the appearance of an agilist. Several reports mention that it could breathe out blue and white flames and that it wore sharp metallic claws at his fingertips. At least two people claimed that it was able to speak comprehensible English

Microsoft, the boogeyman, coming to delete your repos.

Re: Hello, GitHub

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Post by weinzierl »

da_chicken wrote: post #27
jumbopapa wrote: post #9

I understand that Microsoft has handled some software they've acquired badly (Skype), but is the Microsoft of today not vastly different from the Microsoft of that day? I don't think this will be the downward spiral that some people think it will be. Time will tell though.

My primary concern is that I worry about an inevitable merging or linking with LinkedIn. As positive as my experience has been interacting with GitHub, it's been equally as negative interacting with LinkedIn. I worry that MS will see GitHub as the code management platform, and LinkedIn as the customer management platform. It's important to me that my GitHub account and my LinkedIn account are allowed to be 100% separ…

This was also my first thought and I wondered that it didn't come up in the discussion earlier. Can only second your opinion.

Re: Hello, GitHub

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thomasthomas wrote: post #257
vxNsr wrote: post #250

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He made it pretty clear that there wasn't a moat that he needed to forge but rather the missing the community, that's not really something that anyone could build a tool to transfer...

communities are moats too

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Re: Hello, GitHub

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Post by RugnirViking »

thomasthomas wrote: post #257
vxNsr wrote: post #250

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He made it pretty clear that there wasn't a moat that he needed to forge but rather the missing the community, that's not really something that anyone could build a tool to transfer...

communities are moats too

Indeed. And while it might seem that pointing this out is setting impossibly high standards, companies encourage communities for soley this reason. It's debatable weather the advantage of companies pushing community is worth this cost, but its something to consider.
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