Chris Cannam <cannam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > What I think is most interesting about this thread is the common > perspective about the company that *currently* runs Github. > > This isn't a publicly-funded resource threatened with acquisition by a > predatory corporation. It's a service operated by a company -- a > sometimes shabby, sometimes brilliant American startup -- threatened > with acquisition by what is essentially a mature version of the same > thing. > > Is it good that our decentralised version-control systems are > centralised by such a company already? Should we not be actively > hoping that Microsoft take over this thing and destroy it? If not, > then why not? Because there is a difference between warning people of a danger and rejoicing when your predictions come true and the damage sets in. I bet Stallman could perfectly well make do with a whole lot fewer opportunities of saying "told you so". -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
