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Spare a thought for those of us who distrusted GitHub before Microsoft bought it, precisely because they're closed-source attempted-monopolists whose interests
by gregknicholson 8y ago
Spare a thought for those of us who distrusted GitHub before Microsoft bought it, precisely because they're closed-source attempted-monopolists whose interests don't necessarily align with their users'.
- mikece 8y ago> ...precisely because they're closed-source attempted-monopolists whose interests don't necessarily align with their users'... As I asked a few days ago: "Do proponents of Free Software, on the whole, assert that the concept of intellectual property should not exist?" If so then I can see why a closed-source supporter of open source is an abhorrent concept. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17232778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17232778
- syshum 8y agoExactly many/most of the people Critical of this buyout where critical of GitHub BEFORE this announcement, I have viewed GitHub as a net negative for Free Software for a number of years, this Microsoft deal amplifies that...