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Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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jakebasile wrote: post #444
parvenu74 wrote: post #383

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And... what has Microsoft done to you lately? Gates is playing international philanthropist; Ballmer is playing NBA owner. The new regime not only likes open source and contribute massively to open source projects, they joined the Linux Foundation at the _Platinum_ level... there are a lot of "good open source companies" with deep pockets who haven't done that. Like Google. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-relea…

I am forced to use Windows for gaming, and let me tell you what Microsoft has done to me lately. - Forced updates are a travesty. I should be able to delay or ignore updates indefinitely as I own my computer. - I'm not allowed to not run an antivirus program, despite having no need of one. I can only temporarily pause Windows Defender's real-time checks before they'll helpfully turn it back on for me. This results in…

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Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by singularity2001 »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #427
parvenu74 wrote: post #383

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And... what has Microsoft done to you lately? Gates is playing international philanthropist; Ballmer is playing NBA owner. The new regime not only likes open source and contribute massively to open source projects, they joined the Linux Foundation at the _Platinum_ level... there are a lot of "good open source companies" with deep pockets who haven't done that. Like Google. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-relea…

In bed with the NSA, telemetry, forced W10 migration, just off the top of my head. That said, I do appreciate their recent strategy decisions. Lets hope at some point the two hemispheres of MS converge.

Microsoft being (possibly) the biggest 'partner' of the NSA is one of the worst aspects of this acquisition and underrepresented in these discussions here.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by sb8244 »

QML wrote: post #412
013a wrote: post #259

This is a completely smart purchase on Microsoft's part. I can't imagine more synergy between two companies: - Microsoft has always been the largest developer advocate of any of the major tech players (Google has been a great contender for this position since 2010). - Microsoft has moved most of their open source projects to Github. - Microsoft is a major contributor to Git, including massive infrastructure projects…

How has the LinkedIn acquisition benefited LinkedIn users or Microsoft users?

It has allowed LinkedIn to remain free for one customer base (professional networks) while expanding sales and recruiting tools (navigator) without compromising user information (InMail rather than your private email unless you've opted as such).

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by johnhenry »

skratlo wrote: post #316
nyxtom wrote: post #197

It's interesting that the HN community continues to make reference to the prospect of a decentralized internet when Git was built to be decentralized in the first place. In spite of this, we all have congregated around GitHub for the community and are shocked when the centralized source we've been using gets acquired by a company we don't trust. That's sort of the whole point of centralization, you can't trust it. Ma…

Where is the Github on Blockchain project?

https://github.com/axic/mango

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by severino »

parvenu74 wrote: post #383
EchelonFuxMe wrote: post #329

Speaking of fickle developers, I'm already planning my exit. Any mention of Microsoft is enough to turn me off, I have seen enough - I have had enough.

And... what has Microsoft done to you lately? Gates is playing international philanthropist; Ballmer is playing NBA owner. The new regime not only likes open source and contribute massively to open source projects, they joined the Linux Foundation at the _Platinum_ level... there are a lot of "good open source companies" with deep pockets who haven't done that. Like Google. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-relea…

I don't use any product from Microsoft. I understand Microsoft is for-profit, but there's no way they can get a single dime from me, and I don't want to become a second-class citizen. That's why I would be leaving.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by sb8244 »

dom96 wrote: post #480
obl wrote: post #16

Tangentially related, but maybe microsoft could actually do that : why is github's search so terribly bad ? If they had developed a good powerful code search (custom semantic engine for most used languages, complex queries, exact/fuzzy matches for syntax, use of history, etc) they could have become the primary way you interact with code you don't know yet. As it stands now it's simply more efficient to clone and use…

I cannot agree more with this. It boggles my mind why GitHub's search finds results across various commits, giving patchy results. It would be far better and likely easier for GitHub to just search HEAD. This frustrates me about GitHub every day.

Huh.... GitHub only searches head for me. This is confusing as I've often wanted to search other branches and can't find a way to...

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by frutiger »

indigochill wrote: post #339

Heck, I already prefer Gitlab and/or Bitbucket because they let me run free (or at least self-hosted in Gitlab's case, not sure what their hosted option's like) private repos. Github's just got the mindshare going for it. But maybe now that'll change.

If you ever get something for free, remember something somewhere is subsidizing it. Whether that's the other paid accounts, which therefore must be uncompetitively priced, VC funding (which will eventually run out), or your data is sold.

Re: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

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Post by Kenji »

jakebasile wrote: post #444
parvenu74 wrote: post #383

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And... what has Microsoft done to you lately? Gates is playing international philanthropist; Ballmer is playing NBA owner. The new regime not only likes open source and contribute massively to open source projects, they joined the Linux Foundation at the _Platinum_ level... there are a lot of "good open source companies" with deep pockets who haven't done that. Like Google. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-relea…

I am forced to use Windows for gaming, and let me tell you what Microsoft has done to me lately. - Forced updates are a travesty. I should be able to delay or ignore updates indefinitely as I own my computer. - I'm not allowed to not run an antivirus program, despite having no need of one. I can only temporarily pause Windows Defender's real-time checks before they'll helpfully turn it back on for me. This results in…

I couldn't agree more. What a pain. GitHub good bye, hello GitLab (I already am on Bitbucket).

Currently, Microsoft is blocking an open source mod of the Halo Online engine, called ElDewrito. It's an incredibly fun to play mod but now development has been halted because of legal action. I hate Microsoft for all the things you mentioned.

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