I was wondering if people here are concerned by Microsoft taking over GitHub in the near future.
Obviously things wouldn't change in any drastic way straight off the bat, but we all know how these acquisitions go. Before long we'll need Microsoft accounts, get ads and need to pay for what should be default features.
I'm personally still hoping for the deal to fail at some point, but it seems unlikely if they're making announcements about it.
What do you guys think?
Quazz
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Currently there is a lot of hype on social media about the possible (bad) changes in Github, but there is nothing concrete.
I don't think the changes in the future will be bad, and if they will be, a project can also switch to another plattform than.
andreasemer
on 4 Jun 2018
Let's just keep calm and see what happens. Microsoft is an evolving company and they are taking huge steps in the right direction in my opinion so I don't see why this is such a bad thing. Github has always been a for-profit organization and their platform was never OSS to begin with so I don't see what all the fuss is about.
If there is a real reason to move at some point I would second that GitLab is a great choice. But I don't see any reason to move right now.
colinmollenhour
on 8 Jun 2018
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Let's just keep calm and see what happens. Microsoft is an evolving company and they are taking huge steps in the right direction in my opinion so I don't see why this is such a bad thing. Github has always been a for-profit organization and their platform was never OSS to begin with so I don't see what all the fuss is about.
If there is a real reason to move at some point I would second that GitLab is a great choice. But I don't see any reason to move right now.