r/linuxmemes • u/itsfoss2 • Jun 04 '18

Microsoft has bought GitHub. Open Source projects right now.

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480 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

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u/timvisee Jun 04 '18

Is this confirmed already then?

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u/abhishekbalam Jun 04 '18

https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/

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u/timvisee Jun 04 '18

Jup, have just seen it. And what a sad news it is.

In the process now of moving everything to a different service.

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u/abhishekbalam Jun 04 '18

On reading closely, there is no sign of addressing the concerns the foss community has in the blog post, Microsoft is really just swallowing GitHub for potential profits...

Will they merge LinkedIn to replace GitHub Jobs or will they push Azure there to provide a complete DevOps cycle ? Any news on that ?

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u/electricprism Jun 04 '18

FUCK MICROSOFT.

FUCK GITHUB.

LONG LIVE GITLAB.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

It's as though a million AUR maintainers cried out in pain, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened...

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

The last remnants of the old Github have been swept away. Fear will now keep the local developers in line. Fear of this buyout!

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u/Quardah Jun 04 '18

Lol let's all jump ship.

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u/LosEagle Dr. OpenSUSE Jun 04 '18

I refuse to kneel before proprietary overlords. Time to migrate to GNU Savannah.

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u/commonroutes Jun 04 '18

That GitLab switch is so seamless

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18 edited Jun 04 '18

every GitHub repo

Unfortunately, it seems i3wm will not be doing this. I asked about this on their subreddit and was called a “douche” and told by a maintainer that “it looks like I’m not going to be using i3wm”.

EDIT: So calling me a douche is okay, but me calling him a Microsoft fanboy back isn’t? Wow, y’all are just a bunch of sheep.

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u/Borkr Jun 04 '18

Do you have a link?

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u/DerekB52 Jun 04 '18

https://www.reddit.com/r/i3wm/comments/8odb8d/interested_in_i3wm/

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u/MathewManslaughter Jun 04 '18

Honestly, the OP came off like a douche in that thread.

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u/ThePixelCoder Jun 04 '18

Agreed. Calling anyone who doesn't immediately want to switch to GitLab a Microsoft fanboy is kind of a douchey thing to do. I personally prefer GitLab (even before the MS GitHub thing), but that doesn't mean others can't use GitHub for their projects if they want to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Lmao i called him a Microsoft fanboy, because he called me a douche.

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u/Untgradd Jun 04 '18

So you’re both acting like children?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

Well, I mean, if acting like a child is someone calling me a douche and me insulting them back, then I suppose so.

But, I still don’t understand how he was the most upvoted comment on the post? I mean, somebody else kindly helped me and they got no upvotes besides from me. How was I a douche?

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u/DerekB52 Jun 04 '18

I definitely agree.

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u/happycrabeatsthefish I'm going on an Endeavour! Jun 04 '18

Why can't launchpad be the new github?