* David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> [2018-06-02 10:49]: > Will Godfrey <willgodfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I've just read on The Register that there are discussions between > > GitHub and Microsoft, with a possible buy-out by Microsoft. I really > > can't think of a worse possibility :( > > I can. A buyout by Oracle. Though Oracle tends to kill projects fast > enough not to take everyone's enthusiasm with them and so replacements > pop up. Microsoft tends to just sap all joy out and eventually people > don't know why they ever cared and are too tired to create something > new. > > But basically that's what startups and venture capital are for: build a > business until it's large and robust convincing enough that one of the > established big players will pay big money in order to never hear of it > again. I am surprised people saw something different in github than it being a buisness. If you want independence set up your own gitlab servers. Linuxaudio.org would be a cool spot for it. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
