GitHub was already a proprietary platform. Microsoft is not stupid, they want to get a part of the open source cake and closing GitHub or making open source projects suffer would get them into trouble really fast. I'm not a lawyer but I think that would qualify as anti competitive behaviour which would get the EU or other institutions to intervent.
If they are playing by the rules there is nothing to worry about but everyone should be observant about what Microsoft does with GitHub in the future. Regards, Martin 2018-06-05 14:34 GMT+02:00 Kirk Pepperdine <[email protected]>: > I say good for GitHub.. I don’t think MS will be a problem… At least not > right away. And if they are, it’s pretty easy to move to a new git home. > > — Kirk > > > On Jun 5, 2018, at 1:58 PM, Peter Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Codeplex, nokia, robotVM, all dead > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Emilian Bold <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 4:15 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Microsoft buys GitHub > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm a bit worried about Microsoft steering the future of open-source > projects' online collaboration and tooling with their GitHub purchase: > https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/06/04/microsoft- > github-empowering-developers/ > > > > I wonder if there's anything we need to rethink in terms of our > project's dependence on GitHub PRs, etc. > > > > --emi > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
