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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by sneak on Monday March 16, 2020 @07:07PM (#22599234)
The alternative is that the entire source control system (GitHub) and the entire artifact registry (npm) are run by a giant multinational military defense contractor with close and longstanding ties to the US military. Did we forget so soon that the Snowden slides are PowerPoint?

I'm not sure that's an improvement in any way whatsoever.

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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by jki275 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:53AM (#22603638)
The military is a MS customer, just like nearly everyone else on the planet. Calling them a “defense contractor” is a very long stretch.
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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by teknopaul on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @07:18PM (#22611713)
No its not.
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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by jki275 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @08:52PM (#22612453)
Boeing is a defense contractor. Northrup is a defense contractor.

MS? Not even a chance. What percent do you think of their business is actually government, beyond buying licenses just like nearly every other corporation on the planet.

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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by oaiey on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:49AM (#22602104)
No US company is better in that regard. I prefer one with an army of lawyers. Damn, should have gone to Oracle. That is a joke. A joke!!!
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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by crummy on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:58AM (#22602150)
> Did we forget so soon that the Snowden slides are PowerPoint?

what does that mean? That Microsoft works for the NSA or something?

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Re:NPM Is Joining GitHub by sneak on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @06:24AM (#22603505)
Microsoft does indeed work for and with the NSA. As an ASP they participate in the warrantless PRISM bulk collection program (they were the first!), and they also provide software and services (support) as a direct vendor.
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