On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 5:45 PM John McDonnell <mcdonnell.j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have to say I'm a little perplexed at all the negativity surrounding the > news on this. > > I don't see the Microsoft under the Satya Nadella as comparable to > previous eras of the company. There's no way they'd buy GitHub and then > strip it down, or whatever some people are saying(there's some crazy ideas > out there), look at how their using it now. They are considered to be one > of the largest open source contributors on GitHub(3839 people in the MS > organisation on GitHub, and 1839 repos), why purchase this and then ruin > it? their staff are using it more than anyone right now > > Yes, there will obviously be some MS tie-ins, be it Azure or Visual Studio > (Code), etc... But there could also be other changes, that maybe GitHub > could make previously, etc.. and not everyone will agree with all the > upcoming changes, specifically if there's an MS bias in them, but in > fairness, no change will ever suit everyone. > > Let's see what they do first before judging them. > > And like has already been said, it's fairly easy to change a remote host on > git... > > John I’m sorry, but as a professor who has had to spend the bulk of his teaching career telling students to not use MS products because they don’t follow standards, I’m on the other side, condemn the news until they prove they aren’t the useless organization they have always been. Jim > >
