From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 7 11:20:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9D5FE1964 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2018 11:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x236.google.com (mail-ua0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDA478B0FD for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2018 11:16:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x236.google.com with SMTP id z16-v6so6205769uaz.10 for ; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 04:16:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=OW8D8g5fW/rY3hX1QYfgpr9jSC9u6mVM0RObS1OCIlE=; b=ee9t05Hz8Je/5+333p14qDqzPR1cl5J2FlRYmbIPqvCb6HLPPbQaaawHl+vLLQ5rLf 5Ol/sOl2Cza4XctjW7l5G/praSy/tAjIM1ihPiNbm6Wji+uVEhUtKxk4KksbeGpeco+1 EVMSrqQIQtD1Lknd0An6AHsfgyAZhngCwYWyIveCN1cyzhxXf4m7Yh0lDsAWVjvYTbT2 gZeP4OEIdqnKYD1gDTX+UAYZ6iBF4izJ5BEfFDaa3LwrOiNQYCrkJdwLA67sQzPr1H0T KE+4r2vyN02yxBrjR+9yfRkYJyI2sxqYj3XzCeed1tWN8Dz5DQbf1UsDGGL5CfvWpPj/ g7Fw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=OW8D8g5fW/rY3hX1QYfgpr9jSC9u6mVM0RObS1OCIlE=; b=W5gRXzFKjLvb/SisC2SWkrZ86xgxZH40My/cMablK3XEqNNvw3no3Xqm91cJ/7vW3Z Y4J7FEYZnqMhvvwWe9aNAugspziu6gnQ9UQkC2LasNaUyEHYO+EirfytlL0anGpxRGUs 1NmQ58rJ/mfWlt1+uWojiyW//v4B+L8i91Dn2126D/3kkhHHE4YGAFRng94bKEPKKrJ6 pDFXCHg7paPHyZPEZzSs3IFegqCEiewnouPi0Fvz3ahK5RrP218Y0TVd30fn0YMHSTXc CVG8lSZf69xXUooyd7NbxCcPZ3FSBmx88+KdIqQSLdnt8R/yG4K/rSRS1OhcLkVytY1q LYJw== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E1B6k6l8fpZVrDVTYQl3wEUXQvYNgS7QxT8PJa1zCYgGo/2wZVs ENiYDhpLGtY1yO8nqgnsznFOgf8MTRwGIw5EV/4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKLY/9py2O/TbxF80Be5uUijC+PnXrf0Yg6wwnK+lSvavp1liH+22yusVLuuRJ9gPCPYgxOG6kjcrdlKfjf58oU= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:1795:: with SMTP id r21-v6mr859097uaf.133.1528370193979; Thu, 07 Jun 2018 04:16:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Waitman Gobble Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 07:14:57 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Microsoft github acquisition official To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.26 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:20:02 -0000 On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, 6:41 AM Carmel NY wrote: > On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 10:57:40 +0200, CeDeROM stated: > > >On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:21 AM, Carmel NY wrote: > >> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for > >> 7.5 billion dollars. > >> > >> > https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal > > > > >GitLab is a very nice Open-Source alternative! :-) > > > >https://gitlab.com/ > > Perhaps, but there are costs involved. In any case, I am not sure what this > "FUD" can be attributed to. I have pretty much adhered to a, "If it ain't > broke, don't fix it" concept in business. > > -- > Carmel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > MS has a history and a reputation. I don't buy their "lets be friends" initiative. They are like an Uncle who molested sister, got rehabilitated and now wants to hang out with the kids. um, no. I'm guessing patent lawsuits will pop up. They have access to all the private repos too,