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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by ceohockey60 on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:04PM (#17223647)
Just like how no e-commerce/retailer wants to use AWS for competitive reasons, now no tech company who hosts its codebase on GitHub would want to continue doing that if its MSFT-owned. It's already happening: https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1003388106626629632
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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by Jdam on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:11PM (#17223673)
> Just like how no e-commerce/retailer wants to use AWS for competitive reason

My former employer, a major e-commerce player in Europe and a direct competitor of Amazon, had basically their entire infrastucture on AWS. You might want to reconsider your definition of “no”.

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by zxcvhjkl on Sunday June 03, 2018 @09:24PM (#17223742)
Just because someone did it, it doesn’t mean it’s wise and advisable. Just saying.
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