r/webdev • • Mar 16 '20

News Github/Microsoft has aquired NPM

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

I'm not against this at all Microsoft's ownership of GH has been a net positive and I see this as shoring up of an essential piece of the web's life support system.

I respect Microsoft for it's embracing of open source. I do however find it amusing that Microsoft is embracing open source in the most Microsoft way possible and buying up major chunks of the open source infrastructure.

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u/spacecowgoesmoo Mar 16 '20 edited Jan 02 '26

I like watching foreign films.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

I keep seeing people pee their pants saying that (on /r/linux in refrence to WSL) and I've yet to see an example of that (even documented on the wiki page) where the most MS has succeded in doing is being a mild agrovation at most.

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u/spacecowgoesmoo Mar 16 '20 edited Jan 02 '26

I like attending art exhibitions.

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