[TriLUG] Microsoft is buying GitHub

[Matt Whitlow via TriLUG]

They've already started the brain washing...[/s]
I'm not sure if this will be a good or bad thing overall, I don't trust
Microsoft yet because they haven't given me a good enough reason to, but
I'm willing to give them the chance to show they are actually willing to
support open source.

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018, 10:51 Warren Myers via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I see this as a good thing - just like the acquisition of LinkedIn was a
> smart move.
>
> As for linking LinkedIn and GitHub... well: if you claim to have a GitHub
> repo, it's now a good opportunity to unify that view of your professional
> self (if you even referenced it on LinkedIn, or care about your public
> repos (I don't because there's nothing there relevant to my work)).
>
> GitHub hasn't exactly been in the best financial position, and this news
> should make *lots* of people very happy knowing their repos will continue
> to be supported for a long time.
>
> Add to that the - obvious - integration Visual Studio is going to leverage
> more and better...and it's smart all around.
>
> WMM
>
> On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 8:03 PM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On 06/03/2018 07:41 PM, Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG wrote:
> > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-03/
> > microsoft-is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github
> > >
> > > Another interesting change as Microsoft continues to expand its
> presence
> > in
> > > the open source world.
> >
> > Embrace: we love open source, of course we do!
> > Extend: Link your GitHub repo's to LinkedIn where algorithms will now
> > determine your worth
> >
> > Need I continue...
> >
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