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Post by Pramire on Jun 5, 2018 22:06:44 GMT
On the other hand, they'll now have a corporate sponsor that funnels a lot more money in. We'll probably see more features added before they monetize it. GitHub is a community of developers, for developers, and by developers. I have full confidence that if GitHub goes south, a new, strong, and open source alternative will find its way to the public quickly. I would point to Gitlab, but it's just okayish, and it's only partially open source. The biggest thing for me is that Microsoft will be able to peek into their competitors private repositories. That, to me, is the scariest part of this deal. I think that it's in Microsoft's best interest to keep GitHub the thriving community it is today. Their plan isn't to monetize it with ads, their plan is to integrate it within Office/Business products that Microsoft already owns. If they kill the product before they can sell it to Enterprise users, the acquisition was pointless. Then again, this is all speculation. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said this about Linux: "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches." He later likened it to communism. It's hard to believe a company with this bad of a track record with open source will remain faithful. I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor bitbucket
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2018 22:08:06 GMT
I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor bitbucket I don't like their user interface
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2018 22:28:26 GMT
I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor bitbucket Bitbucket used to look acceptable but now resembles a mobile interface on the desktop platform.
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Post by Hockey on Jun 5, 2018 23:51:53 GMT
On the other hand, they'll now have a corporate sponsor that funnels a lot more money in. We'll probably see more features added before they monetize it. GitHub is a community of developers, for developers, and by developers. I have full confidence that if GitHub goes south, a new, strong, and open source alternative will find its way to the public quickly. I would point to Gitlab, but it's just okayish, and it's only partially open source. The biggest thing for me is that Microsoft will be able to peek into their competitors private repositories. That, to me, is the scariest part of this deal. I think that it's in Microsoft's best interest to keep GitHub the thriving community it is today. Their plan isn't to monetize it with ads, their plan is to integrate it within Office/Business products that Microsoft already owns. If they kill the product before they can sell it to Enterprise users, the acquisition was pointless. Then again, this is all speculation. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said this about Linux: "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches." He later likened it to communism. It's hard to believe a company with this bad of a track record with open source will remain faithful. I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor. I think Microsoft is doing this just for access to private repos and don't forget that Microsoft wants you to know that they really really love Linux I don't think peeking into repositories is a huge deal, but it's something to consider if you're a competitor. If Microsoft got caught stealing intellectual property, it would be huge. They're a company built on trust. How many confidential documents do you think go through Word/Excel/PowerPoint a day? A lot. I don't think we'll be seeing it too much, but it's a thought.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 0:15:54 GMT
I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor. I think Microsoft is doing this just for access to private repos and don't forget that Microsoft wants you to know that they really really love Linux I don't think peeking into repositories is a huge deal, but it's something to consider if you're a competitor. If Microsoft got caught stealing intellectual property, it would be huge. They're a company built on trust. How many confidential documents do you think go through Word/Excel/PowerPoint a day? A lot. I don't think we'll be seeing it too much, but it's a thought. Microsoft is a company built on the theft of intellectual property, establishment of a monopoly on software market(s), and the theft of patented technology. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigationThey're a very successful company, but 'trust' doesn't suit them. Microsoft has been subject to over twenty [general] legal disputes, four patent disputes, two copyright disputes, six trademark disputes, and eight anti-trust affairs. ...and as you can see, their scandal count is only ramping up: www.pcworld.com/article/3101396/windows/microsoft-faces-two-new-lawsuits-over-aggressive-windows-10-upgrade-tactics.htmlwww.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/business/international/microsoft-china-antitrust-inquiry.htmlwww.cbsnews.com/news/bill-gates-faces-microsoft-monopoly-lawsuit/---- www.perkel.com/daytrade/ms.htmtoastytech.com/evil/fof.htmlwww.sfgate.com/news/article/Microsoft-Ruled-a-Monopoly-Court-finds-firm-2899336.php
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 0:24:27 GMT
I personally had many issues with gitlab which is why I switched to GitHub. I hope someone makes a true GitHub competitor. I think Microsoft is doing this just for access to private repos and don't forget that Microsoft wants you to know that they really really love Linux I don't think peeking into repositories is a huge deal, but it's something to consider if you're a competitor. If Microsoft got caught stealing intellectual property, it would be huge. They're a company built on trust. How many confidential documents do you think go through Word/Excel/PowerPoint a day? A lot. I don't think we'll be seeing it too much, but it's a thought. I wouldn't trust them. Reminds me of when they released the windows 7 commerical and they said windows is the heartbeat of Microsoft and now they are shifting their focus from windows. Also their terrible support and lack of proper testing of their hardware (I own a Surface Book). It's only a matter of time before these practices spread over into GitHub
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Post by StevenNL2000 on Jun 6, 2018 10:44:24 GMT
The biggest thing for me is that Microsoft will be able to peek into their competitors private repositories. That, to me, is the scariest part of this deal. Do we know who is using private repositories on GitHub? Most competitors to Microsoft products are non-profit and open source because you can't keep a company alive against Microsoft's monopoly.
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