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> So MDN is now controlled by... Microsoft? No. MDN is using a Microsoft platform as a front-end to attract contributors to their git repo, as most open-source
by hxjdbzkvksnaj 6y ago
> So MDN is now controlled by... Microsoft?
No. MDN is using a Microsoft platform as a front-end to attract contributors to their git repo, as most open-source projects do. If a company uses Gmail, does Google control the company? Github is a contractor for ICE, does Microsoft control US immigration enforcement?
I don’t like Microsoft owning Github but there is a broad, easily-seen line between reasonable objection and this absurd overstatement.
- freeopinion 6y ago> If a company uses Gmail, does Google control the company? If the only way to interact with coworkers, customers, investors, etc. is through Gmail, then, well. yes. If you can't be an employee without a Google login, then, ummm, yes. If Google can suspend your account and lock you out of your workplace, then yes. If a Google outage means you can't work, then yes. If Google loses some email and it means you can't continue a product launch... If a Google breach means that your company has been compromised... On the otherhand, if Github is just one avenue for contribution, well ok. Is this mirrored on Gitlab or git.mozilla.org or somewhere else that people can contribute without a Microsoft account? If Github fails is MDN just a flip-of-a-switch or less away from routing around it? Edit: typo