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When these articles were published, I was certain Microsoft had a plan to betray everyone's trust as they always do. Microsoft's business model is betrayal. Gi
by 29athrowaway 4y ago
When these articles were published, I was certain Microsoft had a plan to betray everyone's trust as they always do.
Microsoft's business model is betrayal. Github is Microsoft.
HNers got mad at people who pointed this out, and now here we are.
You were warned, but you decided to believe again in the most vile people in the history of computing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/github-is-microsoft-s-7-5-billion-undo-button#xj4y7vzkg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/github-is...
- throwaway290 4y agoOpenAI is also pretty much Microsoft, hard to believe 10 billions USD investment comes without enough strings attached to make them a puppet...
- blibble 4y agothe github thing acquisition isn't really a big deal in terms of LLMs as they could have crawled github regardless of whether or not they owned it
- 29athrowaway 4y agoIt is just the beginning.
- rvz 4y ago> When these articles were published, I was certain Microsoft had a plan to betray everyone's trust as they always do. They thrive on betrayal and will never change and are getting cleverer. > Microsoft's business model is betrayal. Github is Microsoft. O̶p̶e̶n̶AI.com is also Microsoft. They were warned straight from the beginning [0] [1] and the same HNers keep falling for the Microsoft freebies and giveaways. Perhaps the time they will learn the hardest: Is when it is too late. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27772446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27772446 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28324999 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28324999