It is also, of course, completely possible you run your own git server. On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 8:26 PM, Daniel Bolduc <[email protected]> wrote:
> It does appear to be true. It's even mentioned on their wikipedia page now. > > It was either an acquisition like this or go public soon, I would imagine. > > Like it or not, Microsoft is all in on open sourcing their own products > (see .net core, powershell core, etc) and extensively using and > contributing to open source projects and implementing them into their > services (i.e. Azure). They no longer view closed source software licenses > as their primary / future source of revenue (except for their Office > suite), so this behavior does not conflict with their business interests. > Microsoft internally abandoned their own proprietary source control > products in favor of Git years ago and encourages their customers to do the > same. I have heard them say this myself. > > This is not intended as a defense of Microsoft in any way, just a factual > explanation of their current position as a company on open source. Whether > you find these changes to be positive or threatening in nature, I leave up > to you.... > > - Dan > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Ronald Bynoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've always been partial to Gitlab, at least they let you run an > > on-premises installation and are more open-source friendly. > > > > On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Michael Rasmussen <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On 2018-06-03 18:00, Michael Barnes wrote: > > > > > >> I saw mention on another list that Microsoft is taking over github. > Can > > >> this possibly be true? > > >> > > > > > > Bloomberg thinks so. > > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-03/microsoft > > > -is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github > > > > > > -- > > > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > > > Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
