Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover

Posted by elroncio on Monday June 04, 2018 @01:10AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT

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Re:Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover by brunoborges on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:23AM (#17225348)

> "First, star this repo as a vote to keep GitHub independent."

Buddy, GitHub is not independent. Never was. People who invested, want their return of... investment.

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Re:Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover by adamrezich on Monday June 04, 2018 @04:12AM (#17225567)

Getting flashbacks to the "protests" about Facebook changing the UI to be centered around this new concept of a "feed," except this is even more ridiculous.

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Re:Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover by karag on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:49AM (#17225468)

What would be the alternative, going public ? I don't think that alternative is a better one,

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Re:Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover by iliaznk on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:29AM (#17225373)

Looks like some people never knew what a capitalism was and that they lived in one.

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Re:Repo on GH to protest against MS takeover by alphabettsy on Monday June 04, 2018 @03:34AM (#17225405)

Not wanting everything to be owned by a conglomerate is hardly anti-capitalism.

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