Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
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#862Never used github. Always used bitbucket.
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#863I was using gitlab anyway. But it's significant that Microsoft is taking another step towards destroying open source and the community around it (while making it look like they are embracing it, of course).
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#864I spent eight years building software on .NET, so I have a lot of time for Microsoft, but I fully understand why a lot of people aren't happy with this news. It's been good to have a leader in open-source that is unaffiliated with anyone but the tech they chose to use (Ruby/Rails). For me, it doesn't matter who takes it over - it's just sad to see a neutral player disappear. With all that said, things have changed a…
Of course they will mess with it. Just slowly so developers dont leave. This is Microsoft. Read up on their tactics. It works.
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#865Earlier quoted context omitted.
I completely agree with your comment. As much as I love Microsoft, this is a weird development. It’s like if Google bought Mozilla and Firefox became just another Google browser.
What isn't commonly known is that GitHub was never profitable and was getting closer and closer to insolvency every day. Microsoft rescued them.
Source? I thought the story was that Github was profitable from day 1 in 2008?
How did they become unprofitable? Their expenses are servers and people. It seems that there are an enormous number of companies paying for private repos and that should more than cover their costs.
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#866I spent eight years building software on .NET, so I have a lot of time for Microsoft, but I fully understand why a lot of people aren't happy with this news. It's been good to have a leader in open-source that is unaffiliated with anyone but the tech they chose to use (Ruby/Rails). For me, it doesn't matter who takes it over - it's just sad to see a neutral player disappear. With all that said, things have changed a…
Skype wasn't ruined because they attempted to merge it into their other platforms. Skype was just flat out ruined with bloat, horribly inefficient code, turning it into a spying tool and not listening to their vocal users. Everyone was rioting after every update and it just got worse. To add insult to injury the last major update they have tried turning it into Snapchat. Their incompetence knows no bounds. If you thi…
The client was mismanaged, but forcing the backend onto their abysmal Lync stack did ruin reliability as well as privacy.
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#867Earlier quoted context omitted.
This dovetails nicely with Windows Subsystem for Linux, VS Code, and Microsoft’s ongoing play to capture the Silicon Valley hipster development ecosystem that Apple is alienating.
> This dovetails nicely with Windows Subsystem for Linux Interix/SFU/SUA has always existed. WSL is just the latest iteration of it. And nobody uses it now just like nobody used it before
That's kind of a broad statement. I see a lot of people using WSL, I even think it has become part of the standard software kit for new hires within PlayStation Network. I know its widely used among the employees who opted for the Windows laptop over a MacBook. Anecdotal, of course, but I think you're downplaying the spread of its use.
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#868It is a matter of concern for private repositories (of Microsoft's competitors) in GitHub.
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#869guess it's time to move away from github.
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#8709 hours ago: Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub
6 hours ago: GitLab sees huge spike in project imports
I think that says all there is to be said.