Microsoft GitHub Acquisition Concerns

The cluster focuses on reactions to Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub, with users expressing distrust, fears of changes to open source practices, and discussions about potential alternatives or impacts.

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Sample Comments

brmgb Mar 28, 2020 View on HN

You do realize Microsoft owns GitHub, don't you ?

make3 Feb 5, 2019 View on HN

are you kidding, GitHub belongs to Microsoft, they would be giving themselves money

chromeguy66 Sep 19, 2019 View on HN

Especially considering M$ owns GitHub

Mikeb85 Oct 14, 2021 View on HN

GitHub is Microsoft now.Not going to lie, simply keeping my code away from MS is a good enough use case.

Shadonototra Mar 24, 2022 View on HN

No wonder why microsoft bought them, they wanted to kill github

sidcool Sep 19, 2018 View on HN

This may be a reaction to Microsoft's GitHub acquisition. They need a stronger competition.

pengson Sep 4, 2020 View on HN

They don't hate GitHub even though it's owened by MS.

mike-cardwell Jun 12, 2018 View on HN

I would be surprised if Github implements this. Especially with the Microsoft purchase. Microsoft is known for building walled gardens, not knocking them down. Why would they expend effort to make life easier for competitors?

deltron3030 Oct 30, 2019 View on HN

Don't forget that Github is Microsoft.

cddotdotslash Jun 11, 2023 View on HN

Microsoft already owns GitHub. This is probably near the bottom of things to be concerned about.