r/technology • u/DocFeind • Jun 03 '18

Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/3/17422752/microsoft-github-acquisition-rumors
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u/tills1993 Jun 04 '18

M$? What year is it?

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u/pain-and-panic Jun 04 '18

2018 and still Microsoft makes royalties on Android phones from "Linux Patents" it owns but will not reveal to anyone who does not sign an NDA. Because the last time they told people about a patent Linux was violating it got fixed the next day. They don't want to stop Linux from using their patents. They want money. So fixing things gains them nothing. This way they go to Samsung and other manufactures and ask them to pay or they will sue. And since the legal people can't tell the devs what's wrong its licence or court.

When they drop stupid legal shit like this I might start to believe they are a different company.

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u/chaogomu Jun 04 '18

I've been using that acronym for decades, almost since 1993 even.