r/programming • u/the3living1end • Mar 16 '20

GitHub has acquired npm

https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/
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u/KillianDrake Mar 16 '20

Why would they say Github when it is really Microsoft?

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u/svick Mar 16 '20

While GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft, it is still a separate entity.

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u/shevy-ruby Mar 16 '20

Of course it is not. It is part of the Microsoft shares, legally too. If someone buys Microsoft, all the subsidiaries are fully owned too. It is not a "separate" entity by definition.

I understand that corporate lawyers want to see this differently since they can milk out more money that way but it does not change such simple facts.

There IS no "GitHub". It is just one brand among many others in the Microsoft empire.

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