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Maybe GitHub is different enough? I know FAANG acquisitions are mostly different (but not always[0]), but it seems GitHub started a new focus on features around

by judge2020 4y ago

Maybe GitHub is different enough? I know FAANG acquisitions are mostly different (but not always[0]), but it seems GitHub started a new focus on features around the time Microsoft was in talks for an acquisition[1]. Even if this you attribute this feature focus to the increased downtime, the features probably outweigh the downtime in terms of value provided to their cloud/enterprise customers. Also, they've kept their own job board (not careers.microsoft.com). 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22739839 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22739839 1: https://github.blog/changelog/page/59/ https://github.blog/changelog/page/59/

pm90 4y ago
I think it would be a giant embarrassment if MS were to fuck up Github. GH is too big to fail (also, LinkedIn, Blizzard (soon)) etc.
- bradleyjg 4y ago
  It’s embarrassing that they can’t figure out code search.
  - judge2020 4y ago
    https://cs.github.com/about https://cs.github.com/about
    - posguy 4y ago
      Does it work as good as grep though? I have to resort to grep all too often to search for a snippet of code in a project on Github.
      - coryrc 4y ago
        It can't be, because it'd be trivial to DoS if so.
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- adrianmsmith 4y ago
  One might have thought the Windows Phone product, and the acquisition of Nokia, was too big to fail, but that didn't stop them from doing so.
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