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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by Aeolun on Thursday September 20, 2018 @07:30AM (#18031416)
I’m not sure I so much trust Microsoft as that I’m fairly certain they’re not actively out to fuck me over.

With Google I’m not so sure any more. Hopefully I’ll soon be able to say goodbye as well.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by sureaboutthis on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:11AM (#18031662)
Nobody thought that under Gates and Ballmer, either.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by pc86 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:43AM (#18031881)
Everybody thought Gates-era Microsoft was actively out to fuck over everyone it could. They happened to be right.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by akho on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:24AM (#18032225)
Out to fuck over competitors, not users (because to microsoft’s business, users = customers). Google is actively making users’ lives worse.
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by ModernMech on Thursday September 20, 2018 @09:15AM (#18032153)
Uh, Microsoft's nickname in the 90s was the "Evil Empire".
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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @12:26PM (#18033637)
Nah, IBM was still the "Evil Empire" in the first half of the '90s, IIRC. They did things that make Microsoft and Google look like saints.

Microsoft didn't take over the Evil Empire title until the late '90s, IMO.

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Re:Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub by sureaboutthis on Thursday September 20, 2018 @11:19AM (#18033082)
That was after the fact.
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