They see something good in the project, want to make it better, so they buy it up. If they leave the project to do what it wants and just give it funding to realize its goals and share some of the tech. back with them, that's alright. If it doesn't, it could go any number of ways.
The truth of the matter right now is that the Internet is being ran by Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Apple. The level of significance these companies are having in the open source and open networking world is growing stronger each day. What that means for independence from money is anyone's guess. Should we be scared... hell yes. The best we can do is keep the independence alive even though it gets gobbled up each year by the 5 horsemen. Mark. On 7/Jun/18 08:46, Chris Wakibi wrote: > It would be okay for Redmond to have shares and/or partial control > given their open arms towards Open Source of late, but fully owning it > makes me get second thoughts about their motive. > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:24 PM Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > But maybe we can explore this 2001 issue. > > Here's a 2018 story. > > https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1002696910266773505.html > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, 6:18 pm Peter C. Ndikuwera, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Lol. Guess the part where I said "history" with a wink went > over some people's heads. > > On Wed, 6 Jun 2018, 4:26 pm Mark Tinka, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > 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). 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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. > > > > -- > > Chris
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