It surely won't be long before we see commercialized, for-profit changes that decimate another large site that's become the go-to hub for a specific web activity.
It surely won't be long before we see commercialized, for-profit changes that decimate another large site that's become the go-to hub for a specific web activity.
See, I can't see how that would happen. GitLab has some really expensive plans compared to GitHub. Both GitHub and GitLab, and Atlassian's Bitbucket if we need to talk about other competitors,...
See, I can't see how that would happen. GitLab has some really expensive plans compared to GitHub. Both GitHub and GitLab, and Atlassian's Bitbucket if we need to talk about other competitors, they need to justify their expenses and seek profit, so I don't see the problem here. As I said, I think this reaction by some people in the programming community to be overblown.
Microsoft under Nadella has been really receptive of open source projects, such as ASP.NET and other projects being offered for free or with their source code open for others.
Most people have known Microsoft for longer than just the time with Nadella. It's healthy scepticism in my opinion. And even with Nadella, they made questionable decisions. For instance, the...
Most people have known Microsoft for longer than just the time with Nadella. It's healthy scepticism in my opinion. And even with Nadella, they made questionable decisions. For instance, the entirity of Windows 10, which has some grave privacy issues to say the least.
To me, it seems shortsighted to simply forget all bad decisions Microsoft ever made and look exclusively at their short resume of good open source behaviours.
This is the press release statement from Microsoft. Here's the statement from GitHub: A bright future for GitHub News sources outlets reporting this: TechCrunch: Microsoft has acquired GitHub for...
This is the press release statement from Microsoft. Here's the statement from GitHub: A bright future for GitHub
The real reason to be concerned about Microsoft buying GitHub is NOT that Microsoft has worse policies regarding their software, but that Microsoft may end up requiring all copyleft software they...
The real reason to be concerned about Microsoft buying GitHub is NOT that Microsoft has worse policies regarding their software, but that Microsoft may end up requiring all copyleft software they mirror/host, to exempt them from the usual copyleft (ie, GPL) terms.
(This was already a problem with Google Code before it was shut down; they wanted permission to distribute regardless of the usual licensing terms.)
It surely won't be long before we see commercialized, for-profit changes that decimate another large site that's become the go-to hub for a specific web activity.
See, I can't see how that would happen. GitLab has some really expensive plans compared to GitHub. Both GitHub and GitLab, and Atlassian's Bitbucket if we need to talk about other competitors, they need to justify their expenses and seek profit, so I don't see the problem here. As I said, I think this reaction by some people in the programming community to be overblown.
Microsoft under Nadella has been really receptive of open source projects, such as ASP.NET and other projects being offered for free or with their source code open for others.
Agreed -- although I can see the point of the arguments the latest efforts put forth by MS in the open source arena leave a good taste in my mouth.
Most people have known Microsoft for longer than just the time with Nadella. It's healthy scepticism in my opinion. And even with Nadella, they made questionable decisions. For instance, the entirity of Windows 10, which has some grave privacy issues to say the least.
To me, it seems shortsighted to simply forget all bad decisions Microsoft ever made and look exclusively at their short resume of good open source behaviours.
This is the press release statement from Microsoft. Here's the statement from GitHub: A bright future for GitHub
News sources outlets reporting this:
TechCrunch: Microsoft has acquired GitHub for $7.5B in stock
CNBC: Microsoft to buy GitHub, a platform for software developers, for $7.5 billion in stock
ArsTechnica: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/microsoft-snaps-up-github-for-7-5-billion/
GitLab is also taking the opportunity from people who fear Microsoft's past (I personally think the reaction is overblown), by offering a tool to move GitHub projects to GitLab.
Here's the "intro" post by Nat Friedman, the new GitHub CEO: https://natfriedman.github.io/hello/
R.I.P Github. Now it's time to use GitLab.
The real reason to be concerned about Microsoft buying GitHub is NOT that Microsoft has worse policies regarding their software, but that Microsoft may end up requiring all copyleft software they mirror/host, to exempt them from the usual copyleft (ie, GPL) terms.
(This was already a problem with Google Code before it was shut down; they wanted permission to distribute regardless of the usual licensing terms.)