I think it's so 2001 to lump Microsoft into being this evil company that does wrong by buying into the open source space.
If you look around, they are now more platform-agnostic, run a very large global network, and offer their services to a number of organizations that are willing to pay for them. They are major contributors to the open source world, particularly in terms of network and software operation automation. Personally, I don't really care that they've bought Github. Their recent changes in attitude have not given me any reason to believe they intend to do harm with it. Mark. On 6/Jun/18 14:58, Peter C. Ndikuwera wrote: > To be fair, the purchasing private company has a history of "acquire, > integrate, destroy".... ;) > > Also, gitlab (to where most people are moving) has an open source > version of its git software that you can use to self-host - which is > something I and others do. > > P > -- > At that time people began... > > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 at 15:09, Stephen S. Musoke <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Best reactions: > > "This private company I've been using for free has been bought by > another private company I dislike. > I will start using yet another private company and I will pay > NOTHING again." > > Correction: A private money losing but super popular company > wasn’t bought by another wickedly profitable publicly traded company. > > Stephen > > Stephen S. Musoke > Skype: ssmusoke > Twitter: @ssmusoke > +256 776 553 260 > http://ssmusoke.com > > Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear > is that we are powerful beyond measure ~Marianne Williamson > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018, 4:19 AM Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > The end is nigh. > > > https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-has-acquired-github-for-7-5b-in-microsoft-stock/ > > P > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Mailing list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > responsible for them in any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not > responsible for them in any way. >
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