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Why do you think they bought GitHub? They're are doing EEE on git...

by craftinator 6y ago

colejohnson66 6y ago
And like my other comment, I ask: where’s your evidence?
- craftinator 6y ago
  Aside from magically happening upon internal memos, what evidence could I possibly have? I am using simple reasoning, extrapolating about the future using data observed in the past. It seems a bit underhanded to demand evidence of the intent of a corporation. Microsoft is, quite literally, famous for their EEE strategy. And, as a major corporation, their decisions are based on forecasted returns to shareholder value. Those two facts support the idea that Microsoft purchased GitHub as part of an EEE strategy on git. What we should be arguing about is how strongly they indicate that is what Microsoft is playing at; history has already shown that it is a definite possibility.
bdcravens 6y ago
So they are planning to extinguish git? Acquiring a dominant company and becoming the go-to solution isn't full EEE.
- craftinator 6y ago
  Correct. They found a company that had already both Embraced and Extended, which takes out two-thirds of the work for them. Of course, they've also been running the "We're actually all about open source now" marketing campaign for the last few years; there's seldom a single motive in a company that large.
ToFab123 6y ago
> They're are doing EEE on git No, I don't think that git has anything to do with why they bought GitHub and I don't think any single GitHub technology was the motivation, but if there were, I would say it is Electron and not git. Microsoft still wants their phone and a phone needs apps. I bet somewhere inside MS a team is working hard on a version of Electron that comes with the OS and that does not have all these memory issues that the current version have and that behaves like a native app (multiple windows etc.). When a large % of apps are using that MS going to release a new phone.

Why do you think they bought GitHub? They're are doing EEE on git...

colejohnson66 6y ago

And like my other comment, I ask: where’s your evidence?

craftinator 6y ago
Aside from magically happening upon internal memos, what evidence could I possibly have? I am using simple reasoning, extrapolating about the future using data observed in the past. It seems a bit underhanded to demand evidence of the intent of a corporation. Microsoft is, quite literally, famous for their EEE strategy. And, as a major corporation, their decisions are based on forecasted returns to shareholder value. Those two facts support the idea that Microsoft purchased GitHub as part of an EEE strategy on git. What we should be arguing about is how strongly they indicate that is what Microsoft is playing at; history has already shown that it is a definite possibility.

bdcravens 6y ago

So they are planning to extinguish git? Acquiring a dominant company and becoming the go-to solution isn't full EEE.

craftinator 6y ago
Correct. They found a company that had already both Embraced and Extended, which takes out two-thirds of the work for them. Of course, they've also been running the "We're actually all about open source now" marketing campaign for the last few years; there's seldom a single motive in a company that large.

ToFab123 6y ago

> They're are doing EEE on git No, I don't think that git has anything to do with why they bought GitHub and I don't think any single GitHub technology was the motivation, but if there were, I would say it is Electron and not git. Microsoft still wants their phone and a phone needs apps. I bet somewhere inside MS a team is working hard on a version of Electron that comes with the OS and that does not have all these memory issues that the current version have and that behaves like a native app (multiple windows etc.). When a large % of apps are using that MS going to release a new phone.