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as discussed in previous threads, the person promoting this claim within the linux foundation is also a microsoft employee, and microsoft owns github. so while

by cat199 6y ago

as discussed in previous threads, the person promoting this claim within the linux foundation is also a microsoft employee, and microsoft owns github. so while it might represent some trend, it is also worthwhile to possibly consider editorial/selection bias as a factor for promoting the claim that this is significantly prohibitive

iLemming 6y ago
Yes, MSFT acquiring GitHub was like if the Pope, supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church has announced that they are taking control over CERN and promised it would remain an independent research organization. What choice would all the scientists have in that case? They can't just say: "I'm leaving physics until someone else builds another LHC". Until we have a better, more superior, free, open-source, public service that can do things better than GitHub, I'm afraid we'd have to play along. But the point is not about GitHub vs. something else. It is about that Pull-Requests are preferred over mailing lists for open-source projects.
- tikej 6y ago
  We do. Gitlab or Gitea are FOSS (the first one partially, the other fully I think).
  - bzg 6y ago
    And https://sr.ht https://sr.ht.
- Woodi 6y ago
  Hehe :) But you forget about Catholic Church dedication to Overall Truth that cannot contradict reality. Or you do not belive in it. I do. So, probably no point in discussing this, right ? ;) In contrast to corporations dedication to them selves... Which just only on surface looks like cysnism on our part, sadly. So, obviously MS takover over Github will end as soon as it will be convenient for MS. But realy we have bigger problem on our hands: common ppl greed or just reluctance to pay (quite not much) for hosting of their own projects. Or paying anything for their privacy. This also is why FB already replaced home pages. And Discord (almoust overnight) TS. We realy need to ad private git repos and own vpn's. For agents raiding servers locations should be enough.

by cat199 6y ago

iLemming 6y ago

Yes, MSFT acquiring GitHub was like if the Pope, supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church has announced that they are taking control over CERN and promised it would remain an independent research organization. What choice would all the scientists have in that case? They can't just say: "I'm leaving physics until someone else builds another LHC". Until we have a better, more superior, free, open-source, public service that can do things better than GitHub, I'm afraid we'd have to play along. But the point is not about GitHub vs. something else. It is about that Pull-Requests are preferred over mailing lists for open-source projects.

tikej 6y ago
We do. Gitlab or Gitea are FOSS (the first one partially, the other fully I think).
- bzg 6y ago
  And https://sr.ht https://sr.ht.
Woodi 6y ago
Hehe :) But you forget about Catholic Church dedication to Overall Truth that cannot contradict reality. Or you do not belive in it. I do. So, probably no point in discussing this, right ? ;) In contrast to corporations dedication to them selves... Which just only on surface looks like cysnism on our part, sadly. So, obviously MS takover over Github will end as soon as it will be convenient for MS. But realy we have bigger problem on our hands: common ppl greed or just reluctance to pay (quite not much) for hosting of their own projects. Or paying anything for their privacy. This also is why FB already replaced home pages. And Discord (almoust overnight) TS. We realy need to ad private git repos and own vpn's. For agents raiding servers locations should be enough.