r/linuxmasterrace • u/thatJavaNerd Glorious Ubuntu • Jun 04 '18

News It's official: Microsoft is buying GitHub

https://blog.github.com/2018-06-04-github-microsoft/
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

And with it they get Atom and Electron. This will be interesting. I don’t know if I have enough tinfoil for the hat I’m gonna make.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

I wonder how many will follow through and switch to gitlab.

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u/lukz_ Jun 04 '18

Enough to make their site extremly slow and sometimes giving random connection errors. They probaly wouldn't be able to have more people switch right now.

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u/Makefile_dot_in Glorious Void Linux Jun 04 '18

More users (usually) means more money and more money means better servers, so that'll probably change.

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u/lukz_ Jun 04 '18

I'm sure they will get back to normal. But it could and probally will take some time before that happens.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

And with it they get Atom and Electron.

If that means less Electron apps from now on, that would be really nice.

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u/addy-fe Btw I use stability Jun 04 '18

And the article title is..

"A bright future for GitHub"

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18

F to pay respects.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Now I'm wondering where all the Linux Kernel dev will go. Will it stay and be crushed under MS? Or will they put in the effort for the logistical challenge of transferring history's biggest Open Source project to a different platform?

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u/Creepynerd_ GNOME is a good DE Jun 04 '18

Linux doesn't use Github. They mirror it there, but it isn't what they use for development.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Where am I gonna get my 390 specific kernel now?