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So which company would you rather buy Github? GitHub wasn't profitable. Would you rather it just disappear?
I must ask, if it wasn't profitable on Sunday what changes today?
By combining GitHub's product with Microsoft's sales infrastructure, they can sell in ways that neither could do on their own.
Here at GitHub, we’re excited for what this acquisition means for the future of software development and open source. We’ll remain focused on putting the developer community first and will stay an open platform to continue to serve developers in all industries. There has been so much excitement from both sides during this process. Our shared values around empowering developers across the globe made this a natural fit
Here at GitHub, we’re excited for what this acquisition means for the future of software development and open source. We’ll remain focused on putting the developer community first and will stay an open platform to continue to serve developers in all industries. There has been so much excitement from both sides during this process. Our shared values around empowering developers across the globe made this a natural fit
Glad you're having fun.
> We’ll remain focused on putting the developer community first and will stay an open platform to continue to serve developers in all industries.
What's your source of that confidence - what MS execs told you? For how long into the future can you personally swear that statement will be true?
> Our shared values around empowering developers across the globe made this a natural fit.
I really hope there's some nuance in that claim. Otherwise I retroactively regret having a paid Github account.
Gitlab is not comparable to Github at all. Gitlab is just about hosting git projects that's all. It's not community driven at all.
People keep mentioning how "Microsoft changed" due to VS Code, the Linux subsystem, .NET Core. I say that they are the same company, only with different cash cows. Haven't they spied on Windows 10 users? Do they not engage in patents racketeering? Haven't they killed Nokia and ruined Skype? " But Mom, some of the other companies are doing it too ", well yeah, but some of us don't have double standards, in spite of wh…
It isn't a good marketing campaign. This is just going to scare a ton of projects off of GitHub. I also imagine a ton of private companies (e.g. Google, Apple) are going to be moving their repos elsewhere if they are already hosted on GitHub for fear of Microsoft looking at their private code, which they WILL do.
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Yep, I really dont understand why there are Microsoft fans. Like I understand if you bought an Xbox, but I dont understand if you are a programmer. Microsoft has always been a headache. Recently its been a tiny bit better, but they still are a for-profit company that needs to continue to make a profit. This was to make Microsoft money, nothing to 'help programmers'.
> Microsoft has always been a headache. Recently its been a tiny bit better, but they still are a for-profit company that needs to continue to make a profit. Just want to point out that Github was also a "for-profit" company.
Look at how much data Google has on every single one of us.
MSFT is going through a cultural change right now. It was the case for Google, to make money the had to be an advocate of open source. They didn't do that because they are good-hearted or anything else. It is just like geopolitics. Hit your opponent from the weakest point. And Microsoft weak point was open source at that time.
But the point is neither MSFT, Apple, Google or Facebook does not care about developers or customers. They want to make money. This is nature of corporations. Instead of nagging and being short-sighted we should embrace open source collaboration by MSFT and should hit them when they don't respect customers.
People keep mentioning how "Microsoft changed" due to VS Code, the Linux subsystem, .NET Core. I say that they are the same company, only with different cash cows. Haven't they spied on Windows 10 users? Do they not engage in patents racketeering? Haven't they killed Nokia and ruined Skype? " But Mom, some of the other companies are doing it too ", well yeah, but some of us don't have double standards, in spite of wh…
Why not let things play out a little before predicting chaos? Github doesn't have the vendor lock-in that other companies have. It starts to go downhill? Just push your repo to another Git host. Yes, you'll need to figure out how to port some of your workflows, but it won't be an insurmountable pain.
History.