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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by IncRnd on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:59PM (#17221970)
There are other options for hosting code on the Internet, and people will definitely take advantage of them, if a non-neutral party purchases GH.

Besides, what is wrong with someone who created a business later selling that business for a profit?

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by amelius on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:02PM (#17222009)
The problem is that our data is in there now, and it costs time and effort to get it out.
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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by IncRnd on Sunday June 03, 2018 @05:05PM (#17222043)
We faced the same question, when we looked at externally hosted or on-prem.
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