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Microsoft already has VSTS which has source hosting, CI, issue tracking, kanban, release management and more. I suspect acquiring GitHub was more about the dev
by darzu 8y ago
Microsoft already has VSTS which has source hosting, CI, issue tracking, kanban, release management and more.
I suspect acquiring GitHub was more about the developer mind-share than the technology.
- foepys 8y agoAre you sure that VSTS will live more than two more years? I'd suspect that Microsoft will eventually want to integrate GitHub with their CI and get rid of TFS (of which VSTS is just a hosted version) entirely. I don't know if you've used TFS/VSTS but it's not exactly user-friendly and well designed. Especially their CI configuration is horrendous.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoNat answered this in the AMA: They intend to develop both, and ensure VSTS users can use GitHub easily for version control if they want to. But bear in mind, extremely long-term support for business workflows is Microsoft's obsession: Even if they decided to "retire" VSTS, it'd probably get updates for the next decade or so.
- darzu 8y agoVSTS hosts git repos as well. I don't know of anyone that still uses TFS, but I'm sure they exist. I've been using VSTS daily for the last year and a half, and while it has it's quirks I think it's a powerful and productive environment.
- foepys 8y agoTeam Foundation Server is more than Team Foundation Version Control.