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I don't care if MS is getting better lately. The fact it's getting better is obviously a positive thing, but will it stay that way in the future? no one knows.
by kakwa_ 8y ago
I don't care if MS is getting better lately.
The fact it's getting better is obviously a positive thing, but will it stay that way in the future? no one knows.
I like the fact Github is independent of all the big players. I really, really, really hope it stays a neutral ground.
Also, if acquired by MS, I'm not that afraid for github itself. However, what is at risk in my opinion is all the integrations around github. There is a rich and striving ecosystem surrounding github. Tools like appveyor, travis-ci, coverall, readthedocs, codacy are really useful, ease a lot development and are infinitely easier to setup/maintain than a Jenkins box plus a few slaves. What would happen to this ecosystem remains to be seen.
- amf12 8y ago> The fact it's getting better is obviously a positive thing but will it stay that way in the future? no one knows. This is such a prejudiced statement. It can be said of any company.
- kankroc 8y agoThat's the point. No one acquires GitHub so no one can eventually corrupt it with partisan "my stuff is better than your stuff" idiocy. GitHub works because it effectively belongs to "no one" as far as the big players are concerned. Sure they might themselves go bad one day but there is no point in hasting this for some two cents Azure/AWS/GCP mode.
- oaiey 8y agoI am not worried about the ecosystem. See VS Code.
- aruggirello 8y agoIf the acquisition goes through, VS Code is probably going to kill Atom, which is my go-to editor for many tasks. VS Code may be better overall, but it's not for me, and I'll have to change my workflow.
- oaiey 8y agoI agree. Atom is definitely in danger. They will not give up VS Code and maintaining two "identical" products makes no sense.