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> Microsoft is trying to save a vital company... So Microsoft is in the "company saving" business now? This couldn't be farther from the truth. They bought G

> Microsoft is trying to save a vital company... So Microsoft is in the "company saving" business now? This couldn't be farther from the truth. They bought Github not to save it, but to use it as a resource for whatever goals they deem appropriate. And I really doubt Microsoft's goals align with open source well.

lalos 8y ago
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/goodwill.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/goodwill.asp Either goodwill, a cheap deal since they were about to fold, gain trust for people to use Azure Linux or Azure open source platform, etc. I have no idea, but goodwill is an option.
- crb002 8y ago
  $7 billion in stock isn't "about to fold" money.
murukesh_s 8y ago
Which big corporate's is? If Microsoft can't be trusted neither Google, Facebook,IBM or Oracle for that matter. They could ruin or shut it down if it's not aligning with their goal which is to make money.
zgramana 8y ago
SMH. I used to work for Nat at Xamarin before it was acquired by MSFT. GitHub and Xamarin have had a long and deep relationship going back to at least 2012 (that I’m aware of anyway). Xamarin was run on GitHub. We never used any other version control system. GitHub used Xamarin extensively as well. There were a lot of overlapping social graphs between the engineers of both as well. Miguel and Nat both helped to make F/OSS and Linux what it is today—thank them if you like GNOME. Nat represents MSFT in this deal, and that’s great news for F/OSS enthusiasts everywhere. Nat and Scott Guthrie aren’t responsible for the “sins of their fathers.” Time to move on from the Microsoft hating. That era has been over for a while.
- crankylinuxuser 8y ago
  Yesterday, I only had to worry about storing my data on GitHub if I was in direct competition with them on the integrated SCM business. Any other code wasn't in opposition to their interests. We, generally, were welcome. Today my code on GitHub is in competition with the myriad projects that Microsoft publishes. And even if I stick with Windows coding, they too can and will incorporate it into their stack. Tl;Dr. Doing stuff on GitHub is directly competing with Microsoft's own business.
  - zgramana 8y ago
    That's a fair concern, and one they now will now have to adequately address in order to keep users content. But unless you are AWS or Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft isn't competing with you. They may have similar products/services out there at some level, but these days, if it's not driving a lot of Azure adoption/retention then it's not something Microsoft is really going to compete against. That even goes for Windows. Microsoft is putting increasing amounts of money into the Linux ecosystem these days as well.
- actsasbuffoon 8y ago
  > Time to move on from the Microsoft hating. That era has been over for a while. I'll consider it when they allow me turn off telemetry in Windows 10.
- shrimp_emoji 8y ago
  >Miguel and Nat both helped to make F/OSS and Linux what it is today—thank them if you like GNOME. Mfw https://youtu.be/9UIiSz5WvRk https://youtu.be/9UIiSz5WvRk

lalos 8y ago

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/goodwill.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/goodwill.asp Either goodwill, a cheap deal since they were about to fold, gain trust for people to use Azure Linux or Azure open source platform, etc. I have no idea, but goodwill is an option.

crb002 8y ago
$7 billion in stock isn't "about to fold" money.

murukesh_s 8y ago

Which big corporate's is? If Microsoft can't be trusted neither Google, Facebook,IBM or Oracle for that matter. They could ruin or shut it down if it's not aligning with their goal which is to make money.

zgramana 8y ago

SMH. I used to work for Nat at Xamarin before it was acquired by MSFT. GitHub and Xamarin have had a long and deep relationship going back to at least 2012 (that I’m aware of anyway). Xamarin was run on GitHub. We never used any other version control system. GitHub used Xamarin extensively as well. There were a lot of overlapping social graphs between the engineers of both as well. Miguel and Nat both helped to make F/OSS and Linux what it is today—thank them if you like GNOME. Nat represents MSFT in this deal, and that’s great news for F/OSS enthusiasts everywhere. Nat and Scott Guthrie aren’t responsible for the “sins of their fathers.” Time to move on from the Microsoft hating. That era has been over for a while.

crankylinuxuser 8y ago
Yesterday, I only had to worry about storing my data on GitHub if I was in direct competition with them on the integrated SCM business. Any other code wasn't in opposition to their interests. We, generally, were welcome. Today my code on GitHub is in competition with the myriad projects that Microsoft publishes. And even if I stick with Windows coding, they too can and will incorporate it into their stack. Tl;Dr. Doing stuff on GitHub is directly competing with Microsoft's own business.
- zgramana 8y ago
  That's a fair concern, and one they now will now have to adequately address in order to keep users content. But unless you are AWS or Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft isn't competing with you. They may have similar products/services out there at some level, but these days, if it's not driving a lot of Azure adoption/retention then it's not something Microsoft is really going to compete against. That even goes for Windows. Microsoft is putting increasing amounts of money into the Linux ecosystem these days as well.
actsasbuffoon 8y ago
> Time to move on from the Microsoft hating. That era has been over for a while. I'll consider it when they allow me turn off telemetry in Windows 10.
shrimp_emoji 8y ago
>Miguel and Nat both helped to make F/OSS and Linux what it is today—thank them if you like GNOME. Mfw https://youtu.be/9UIiSz5WvRk https://youtu.be/9UIiSz5WvRk