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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by balls187 on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:24AM (#17224622)
Do you have examples of Microsoft acquiring technology that was beloved and embraced by it's community and making it better?

MGS did right by Bungie/Halo circa XBox; though Halo hadn't yet been released, and it's initial fanbase were all Marathon fans.

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by cm2187 on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:03AM (#17225265)
Xamarin, Minecraft. They are as capable of the best as of the worst.
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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by krageon on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:56AM (#17225496)
Minecraft was going in the toilet slowly far before Microsoft acquired them, but the changes they made have not been for the better in my opinion. Xamarin was plainly bad before acquisition, and as far as I've been able to discern this hasn't changed.
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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by evilmushroom on Monday June 04, 2018 @05:37AM (#17226076)
it's still bad.
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