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Microsoft github acquisition official
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Carmel NY
2018-06-07 00:21:34 UTC
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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
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Waitman Gobble
2018-06-07 00:34:52 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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
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The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.
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The Doctor
2018-06-07 00:48:26 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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
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The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.
Agreed to a git.freebsd.org .
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Polytropon
2018-06-07 02:30:18 UTC
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Post by Waitman Gobble
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The FreeBSD code should probably be moved from GH. I believe it's
read-only but it could cause some conflicts with MS namespace? I see
the FreeBSD Gnome ports there are the top, for instance.
Agreed to a git.freebsd.org .
MICROS~1 never would have bought CVS... ;-)
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The Doctor
2018-06-07 00:47:13 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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
Definitely the case!

Time for an opengit.org!
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Steve O'Hara-Smith
2018-06-07 07:12:03 UTC
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
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
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry:

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In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
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and June's hardly started.
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Shane Ambler
2018-06-07 09:49:47 UTC
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Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
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
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
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In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
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and June's hardly started.
Bitbucket would be the other main one to migrate to but their 2G storage
limit might keep gitlab more popular.

While ports have USE_GITHUB, there aren't similar options for other repo
sources. Time to think about expanding this feature.
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Carmel NY
2018-06-07 09:20:24 UTC
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Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
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
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
----------------
In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
----------------
and June's hardly started.
"gitlab" isn't free though.
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Steve O'Hara-Smith
2018-06-07 10:46:43 UTC
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On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 09:20:24 +0000
Post by Carmel NY
Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
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In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
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and June's hardly started.
"gitlab" isn't free though.
There's a free option for hosted projects and there's an open
source edition - seems free enough for most purposes.
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Valeri Galtsev
2018-06-07 13:07:28 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github
for
Post by Carmel NY
7.5 billion dollars.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
----------------
In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
----------------
and June's hardly started.
"gitlab" isn't free though.
Nothing is free. The electric bills, network service, hardware, sysadmins,
programmers and engineers are to be paid. If you are let use something
"for free" it just means you are paying some other way. Say, in case of
google "free" services at the very minimum you are paying by facilitating
big brother's job...

Valeri
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The Doctor
2018-06-07 11:28:42 UTC
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Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
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
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
----------------
In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
----------------
and June's hardly started.
Good!!!
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David Demelier
2018-06-15 06:53:12 UTC
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Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600
Post by The Doctor
Post by Carmel NY
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-acqui
sition-official-deal
Definitely the case!
Time for an opengit.org!
----------------
In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by
Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
----------------
Until it gets bought by facebook or amazon or anything not opensource
in mind.

FreeBSD already hosts their source code for now, we don't need to use a
private closed source host.
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Steve O'Hara-Smith
2018-06-15 10:28:16 UTC
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 08:53:12 +0200
Post by David Demelier
Post by Steve O'Hara-Smith
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In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by
Microsoft[24][25]
caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26].
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Until it gets bought by facebook or amazon or anything not opensource
in mind.
Gitlab is open source (and in the ports) so if it's wanted it's
there. It is also a hosting service with free and paid plans, which as you
say is in danger of getting snapped up by one of the giants.

Both are potentially useful alternatives to Github. If I were
setting up a software development startup I'd certainly consider an
internal gitlab setup, I'm not so I haven't reviewed it in depth. If I were
running a small open source project with a few collaborators the hosted
service would be one place I'd be looking.
Post by David Demelier
FreeBSD already hosts their source code for now, we don't need to use a
private closed source host.
True enough, FreeBSD has hosted their source since Walnut Creek days
and I doubt that will stop. Things like hosted github and gitlab are mostly
suitable for smaller projects that don't want the overhead of maintaining
their own infrastructure. There's a fair number of those clustered around
FreeBSD.
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CeDeROM
2018-06-07 08:57:40 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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/
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Carmel NY
2018-06-07 10:35:25 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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.
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Waitman Gobble
2018-06-07 11:14:57 UTC
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Post by Carmel NY
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
Post by CeDeROM
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.
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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,
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