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Microsoft to acquire GitHub

article published on 4 June, 2018

Several sources claim that Microsoft is about to announce its acquisition of GitHub later today. GitHub is a de facto open source distribution and code management service for thousands and thousands of developers and open source projects. Site allows anyone to start a Git code repository for free, invite others to participate and to manage the project development. For end users, it ... [ read the full article ]

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MagengarZ
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_ 		4. June 2018 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Microsoft about to acquire GitHub.
So, does that mean open source is now an endangered species?
...I don't like the smell of this, and where it's going.
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devonpara
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_ 		4. June 2018 @ 13:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
OH MY DEAR GOD.....NO!!!!! The END TIMES!
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MagengarZ
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_ 		4. June 2018 @ 15:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
GitHub has been a major staple in the Open Source scene
for so many years... run by Users for Users, Programmers,
and Developers.
I don't know what else to think of this acquisition; so then,
we'll just have to wait and see what becomes of this.
Hopefully this move won't change anything for worse.
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ivymike
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_ 		5. June 2018 @ 23:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Microsoft is getting way too big for it's britches.
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ivymike
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_ 		5. June 2018 @ 23:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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_ 		8. June 2018 @ 13:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
RIP GitHub. Hopefully someone makes a solid backup of the site elsewhere before microsoft makes it little more than a collection of excel scripts.
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coral
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_ 		8. June 2018 @ 13:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
We are Microsoft. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
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CarpeSol
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Originally posted by ivymike:
 Microsoft is getting way too big for it's britches.
Again.
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