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From the article: "Others are hopeful that Microsoft’s stewardship will make the platform even more valuable." Perhaps I missed it, but nowhere in the article
by mariodiana 8y ago
From the article: "Others are hopeful that Microsoft’s stewardship will make the platform even more valuable."
Perhaps I missed it, but nowhere in the article were any of these hopes articulated. I may lack imagination; so, can someone tell me how Microsoft can make GitHub more valuable? I don't mean how they can use GitHub to make more money for themselves, by selling "enterprise-level" support, or by making their development tools better. I'm asking how GitHub is going to be made more valuable to people who currently are not using Microsoft products.
Any ideas? What exactly is there to be "hopeful" about?
- manigandham 8y agoGithub is the least functional source-code hosting service. Everything from search to issues to wiki is sub-par compared to Gitlab and others. It's massively unprofitable and its main advantage is the large mindshare and community that keeps it around. Microsoft with its rich resources can easily improve the platform functionality which will benefit anyone using Github, along with likely making several features free (like private repos).
- Paradigma11 8y agoFree private repos come to mind.