People moving to a alternative just because they can't handle change is hilarious. Good riddance!
Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
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We're starting to scale up as I type this #movingtogitlab
I’m happy there are alternatives. But can you please leave the hashtag campaign for Twitter? This is your third such comment in minutes.
It's a big day for gitlab. Let them celebrate a little.
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#223Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're starting to scale up as I type this #movingtogitlab
I’m happy there are alternatives. But can you please leave the hashtag campaign for Twitter? This is your third such comment in minutes.
Specially with wrong capitalization in plus of wrong platform.
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#224I bet GitLab is getting infrastructure ready in anticipation of the exodus.
I bet the first thing GitLab is going to do is put the word out that they're looking for a "strategic partner".
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#225If this goes through Microsoft basically gets access to all the private proprietary code of so many companies. I would have never expected Github founders to even entertain the notion. I guess times change.
That’s not too different than Azure/Office 365, is it?
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#226This is a sad day for Open Source and software in general. What makes Github great is that its a neutral place where anyone can host their code. Now that its owned by a Big Corporation, the values that Github has built will be abandoned in favor of making money for the corporation.
R.I.P. Github. Your move, Gitlab.
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#227What a betrayal. I'm starting to get really sick of this whole economic paradigm in general. A few lucky smart people who were in the right place at the right time become fabulously wealthy beyond the dreams of the greatest kings who ever lived in history, off the work and contributions of millions of users creating all of the content for free, with absolutely no say in anything. Is this really the best way to do thi…
There are other options for hosting code on the Internet, and people will definitely take advantage of them, if a non-neutral party purchases GH.
Besides, what is wrong with someone who created a business later selling that business for a profit?
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> I hope they don't discontinue Atom Hadn't crossed my mind that they might drop Atom for VS Code before...
I thought VS Code was Atom? (well, a fork of)
No, it's not a fork. They both run on Electron, so they share a common runtime environment, but they share no editor code.
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#229I read about this as a hypothetical a few days, but it really moved to done deal quicker than I expected. I started to look for alternatives to host private repos and found that Amazon CodeCommit has a plan that's even much better than the GitHub plans. Does anybody have experience on how well this works?
I’ve got a couple of code commit repos for various purposes, and it’s high friction. Uploading a large repo with a plain git push will likely fail. The user management is way more complicated and enterprisey than github. It does work, but it feels awkward.
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#230I am worried that a company as important to the open-source community as github is now owned by one of the major players. I think it really impacts the neutrality of github. If I would compete with microsoft in a certain space, I would really think twice about relying on github. Also, this monopolization is driving me mad.
I could see developers ditching GitHub with the acquisition for a perceived conflict of interest. It's really easy to change your remote. I see a potentially big market opportunity for anyone who wants to compete in the space now.
This is also why I put my documentation in markdown files in the repo instead of using the Github wiki. I knew it would save me hassle later.