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MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by dclusin »

Sort of off topic, but I've always wondered if github charges larger orgs for hosting their projects like this. It seems like google and and microsoft get tons of free bandwidth from github to the point of being unsustainable w/o charging.

Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by Negitivefrags »

dclusin wrote: post #3

Sort of off topic, but I've always wondered if github charges larger orgs for hosting their projects like this. It seems like google and and microsoft get tons of free bandwidth from github to the point of being unsustainable w/o charging.

I would bet that it helps github far more than it hurts.

Having a company like Microsoft mentioning github all the time is great publicity.

Also bandwidth for hosting code is so cheap to be practically negligible.

Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by edandersen »

Nobody is seriously going to fork this and create their own port of MSBuild, possibly one of the most mocked and reviled parts of the .NET ecosystem. I do however congratulate the ground level MS staffers on the effort it likely took to convice the Risk and Legal departments that open sourcing something like this won't make their business fail. That must have been trying.

Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by bengali3 »

pvsnp wrote: post #2

This is really exciting move. I wonder if this would make compiling the .NET core easier in OSX and Linux?

> We will be adding Linux and Mac support soon (perhaps with your help!) so you can use MSBuild to build the open source .NET projects on your preferred platform.

looks like it

Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by hey-there »

dclusin wrote: post #3

Sort of off topic, but I've always wondered if github charges larger orgs for hosting their projects like this. It seems like google and and microsoft get tons of free bandwidth from github to the point of being unsustainable w/o charging.

I know both MS and Google have contracts with GH and are paying 6 figure sums annually, but I'd better keep my source confidential.

Re: MSBuild is now open source on GitHub

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Post by joshstrange »

edandersen wrote: post #5

Nobody is seriously going to fork this and create their own port of MSBuild, possibly one of the most mocked and reviled parts of the .NET ecosystem. I do however congratulate the ground level MS staffers on the effort it likely took to convice the Risk and Legal departments that open sourcing something like this won't make their business fail. That must have been trying.

While I agree, having access to the source of your build tool can be invaluable for debugging odd issues. So while no one will ever want to fork this they may use it as reference and/or for debugging.
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