"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- M. Gandhi[1]
[1]: Disputed, as discussed here http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi#Disputed
Microsoft on GitHub
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Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#32"Microsoft has changed as a company and is becoming more open in the way that we collaborate with others." Interesting that they lead with an apology.
It means Microsoft has decided that open source translates into higher adoption and a more successful business model.
Is is bad if they're right? They're still doing good by open-sourcing. Plenty of people want to make money in OSS, too. :)
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#33Is it too much to ask for .NET to be opensourced and on github?
Well, here's the source: http://referencesource.microsoft.com (under the MS reference license)
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#34FWIW, I have the feeling that the best exit for Github is getting acquired by Microsoft. Github is a large, savvy, community, constantly sharing interesting and valuable projects. I think MSFT needs that public perspective of being 'open', valuable community, new technologies, etc. The enterprise side of Github also plays nice with MSFT.
Oh dear god no.
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#35I never thought I'd see the day where Microsoft is openly talking about open source.
It's for publicity + out of desperation.
They have treated developers (like myself) badly over the years, many are moving away.
So they've released some throw-away products as open-source, on different project collaboration site to their own. While other larger members of the industry have had their core products open source for years.
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#36FWIW, I have the feeling that the best exit for Github is getting acquired by Microsoft. Github is a large, savvy, community, constantly sharing interesting and valuable projects. I think MSFT needs that public perspective of being 'open', valuable community, new technologies, etc. The enterprise side of Github also plays nice with MSFT.
I don't think it would be a good cultural fit.
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#37Is it too much to ask for .NET to be opensourced and on github?
Well, here's the source: http://referencesource.microsoft.com (under the MS reference license)
That's not opensource.
(I know you know that, but I'm just saying)
Also, it provides nothing more than ilspy does (and ilspy shows the actual code on your machine)
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#38Other Microsoft Github accounts(I think) https://github.com/msopentech https://github.com/OfficeDev https://github.com/Azure
No longer within Microsoft, but it started there (and was their first open source project): https://github.com/wixtoolset/
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#39I never thought I'd see the day where Microsoft is openly talking about open source.
It's for publicity + out of desperation. They have treated developers (like myself) badly over the years, many are moving away. So they've released some throw-away products as open-source, on different project collaboration site to their own. While other larger members of the industry have had their core products open source for years.
The early bird gets the worm. I don't see Google making these announcements. Facebook, yes. Apple, lol.
Re: Microsoft on GitHub
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
And before it was built-in there were plugins - should really mention 'git diff margin' here. Most editors have this kind of functionality to show little git diff stats directly in the editor, but this one is really top notch as it can actually show the diff and let you revert to or copy the original lines. Can't live without it anymore.
IntelliJ (by JetBrains, the company behind Resharper) has similar functionality, for all the VCSs it supports. Very nice feature!
So does Eclipse.