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This seems like a great way for newcomers to learn the basics of `git` though GitHub. A great move by GitHub to try to capture this market of users who may not
by shanecoin 6y ago
This seems like a great way for newcomers to learn the basics of `git` though GitHub. A great move by GitHub to try to capture this market of users who may not yet be comfortable with subversion control.
- saagarjha 6y agoThat being said, I'm a little too annoyed that "GitHub" is synonymous with "Git" in many students' (and professors'!) minds…
- est31 6y agoOn the other hand, git wouldn't be where it is now without GitHub. Together with the Kernel adopting git, Github payed a key role in git's success.
- amelius 6y ago> Together with the Kernel adopting git, Uhm, git was created by the people who were working on the kernel because they needed a better VCS.
- est31 6y agoYes, and this was a big part of the success. If someone else had built it, they might not have used it, which would have given it a much rougher time adoption wise.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoYeah, if a student is taught Github as part of their curriculum they're more likely to stick with it. I can't really knock it, but at the same time, this has been Microsoft's strategy for a long time, with students learning Office in school but no competitors, so they take it with them in their private and professional life. It's a difficult one though, given that both github and office are pretty standardized / ubiquitous everywhere.
- saagarjha 6y agoI think this particular gripe has nothing to do with Microsoft as it predates the acquisition by quite some time.
- gorgoiler 6y agoAha, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. 20 years ago CVS was the new hotness in my RCS using lab. 10 years ago it was SVN. We’re due for a seismic shift soon.