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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:34:19 +0200
From:      Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
To:        Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Of Git and M$
Message-ID:  <8A2D8184-3663-4950-A75E-70303CFA2EF0@grem.de>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.21.999.1806152337460.68981@aneurin.horsfall.org>

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> On 15. Jun 2018, at 16:26, Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:
>=20
> A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase o=
f GitHub affect future development?  After all, they'll get to call the shot=
s...[*]  The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF document forma=
t (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which being pl=
ain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have).
>=20
> I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry Mc=
Evoy) I happen to know from another mailing list.  Apparently, converting fr=
om Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import".
>=20
> And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothing=
 to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an alt=
ernative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about everything s=
ince SCCS).
>=20

github !=3D git


> [*]
> Remember their motto: "Embrace, extend, extinguish".
>=20
> -- Dave, who has been called paranoid before
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