Bart Van Assche <bvanass...@acm.org> writes: > A recommended read: > https://blog.hansenpartnership.com/why-microsoft-is-a-good-steward-for-github/
Thanks for the link. I'll make my son read it too :-) The problem with open source is "will they be a good steward *forever*". Sourceforge's only mission was housing open source project. Github's only mission was housing open source projects. Microsoft has an entirely different business model, though they're admittedly changing and improving as Keith mentioned. So I'm *hesitantly* feeling better, but this is a really odd corner case IMHO. The upside: the code will always work and git ensures there are replications everywhere. What I worry about is the long term support for everything else needed: wikis, mailinglists, issues and web pages (as I've already said). Do I think MS will make use sharepoint for all wiki style documentation? Hope not! And, more importantly, I assume not. But in the long term we need to ensure we can get the support we need for every aspect of a project AND be able to migrate away at any point without lock-in. I'm always concerned with large companies that typical business models involve two aspects, not one: "make the best product so people want to stay with us" and "lock them in so they can't leave in case we're disrupted". It looks like for now, based on opinions expressed so far, we'll hold on the move for a bit. Sadness as I was looking forward to it, but I think it would be foolish to make the jump immediately until we hear a better statement about the long term viability promises that hopefully come out of MS. -- Wes Hardaker Please mail all replies to net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
