NPM Is Joining GitHub

I did not see that coming. I trust Microsoft to be able to offer great availability and nice software. It is maybe not the best overlord we could have hoped for but it's way better than the status quo.

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by dubcanada » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

Wait, so is it joining Microsoft? Or is it under Github, which is under Microsoft?

I don't fully understand the way it's governed from this article.

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by Brendinooo » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

I occasionally forget that Microsoft bought GitHub. They certainly don't do anything here to remind me of that fact.

How separate from MS has GitHub been in day-to-day operations?

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by batmansmk » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

VsCode, Typescript, Github, NPM.

And Microsoft doesn't even have to maintain the main runtime, Google does. What a clever strategy!

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by zozbot234 » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

It's on there already. https://github.com/npm/ and https://github.com/npm/cli

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by brenden2 » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

This kind of consolidation is probably not good for everyone who depends on open source projects. Microsoft now owns a significant portion of software distribution.

Re: NPM Is Joining GitHub

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Post by fiberoptick » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

Embrace, extend, extinguish.