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Microsoft to buy GitHub in $7.5B all-stock deal
Deozaan:
It seems there is an ongoing "mass exodus" from GitHub to GitLab:
https://twitter.com/gitlab/status/1004143715844124673
Even so, it's something like less than 1% of all GitHub repos.
Tuxman:
Gitlab runs on Microsoft Azure.
https://twitter.com/EdgarSanchez/status/1004087778760646656
Deozaan:
It moved, or is moving, to Google Cloud:
Why and how GitLab abandoned Microsoft Azure for Google Cloud
Edit: But yeah, I agree with an opinion I read elsewhere (maybe that Twitter thread) saying it seems like a tempest in a teacup, which will be forgotten in two weeks.
Tuxman:
Which is so much better.
Jibz:
Just read an article about why GitHub is worth that kind of money to Microsoft here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-06/github-is-microsoft-s-7-5-billion-undo-button
I agree that this seems like a smart move from Microsoft, assuming they do not manage to screw it up, in which case they might have an even harder time winning back developers.
I don't personally see any reason to move projects around at the moment, but if I had private repositories on GitHub with the source for something that might compete with something Microsoft does, who knows.
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