On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 08:42:08 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 6/3/2018 8:51 PM, Anton Fediushin wrote:
This is still just a rumour, we'll know the truth on Monday
(which is today).
We'll stay on Github as long as it continues to serve our
interests, which it has done very well, and I have no reason to
believe will change.
We have a number of ties to Microsoft:
1. It's just down the street.
2. Many D users work at Microsoft.
3. Microsoft has always been helpful and supportive of Digital
Mars, note the files licensed from Microsoft in the
distribution.
4. Microsoft has invited myself and Andrei to speak at
Microsoft from time to time.
5. Microsoft hosts the nwcpp.org meetings, which provide a
venue for me to try out D presentations to a friendly crowd.
6. Microsoft has been generous with helping me solve some
vexing compatibility problems from time to time.
OK, so Digital Mars is in good relationship with Microsoft (I am
surprised because have never heard about it). However, judging by
Microsoft acqusition experience my prediction is that github will
slowly but surely degradate (as suggested on some forums,
everything will be firstly switched to Microsoft account - to
track data, then everything will be mangled by ads, then some
features deemed unnecessary by Microsoft will be removed, then
linux will be badly supoorted, then some features incompatible
with Microsoft services will stop working, then servers will
start work poorly like skype...).
P.S.
My second reaction after reading news (after shock) was to visit
D forum.
