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Microsoft acquires Github

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Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by make3 »

wintorez wrote: post #6
chrisper wrote: post #4

Empower, extend, extinguish? Or was it different?

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

you can safely attribute to malice what has been clearly stated as a strategy by multiple people on the record (later)

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by atonse »

chrisper wrote: post #4

Empower, extend, extinguish? Or was it different?

I’m so tired of this trope. It’s like nothing Microsoft does is ever enough for people to realize that there is enough new leadership that isn’t doing this nonsense.

Is there any evidence in the Nadella years of MS doing this in the way they used to do this in the 90s?

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by chrisper »

atonse wrote: post #12
chrisper wrote: post #4

Empower, extend, extinguish? Or was it different?

I’m so tired of this trope. It’s like nothing Microsoft does is ever enough for people to realize that there is enough new leadership that isn’t doing this nonsense. Is there any evidence in the Nadella years of MS doing this in the way they used to do this in the 90s?

Are jokes not allowed anymore? I was trying to make a reference to the "empowering" in the title...

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Post by codetrotter »

> 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 but I still cannot read this without thinking of someone saying “yeah I did some things in the past but I’ve totally changed I promise. Look, for the whole past week I’ve been really nice to people haven’t I?”

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by gear54rus »

endymi0n wrote: post #7

Guess that's the very definition of finally reaching their stated goal: Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33grif58qO8

Now they can finally begin to squeeze everything out of them. The 'extinguish' stage.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by jjuel »

nevi-me wrote: post #2

Satya Nadela's done differently to his predecessors, maybe this will go well. I understand the concern of a few companies dominating everything that we use, but time will tell.

I wonder what people would have thought if Github had just disappeared instead of selling to Microsoft? I mean I understand some concern, but this can really only be a good thing for Github in the long run. It isn't like Microsoft was producing a competitor and just bought them to kill them. Honestly, I like this better than Amazon or Google buying them.

Re: Microsoft acquires Github

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Post by ulkesh »

The real question everyone should be asking is whether Microsoft is trustworthy, cognizant, and honorable enough to be the steward of such a major player that facilitates a large portion of open source software.

This has me very concerned for the open source community.

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