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  1. Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ (bob@soc.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 03-Jun-2018 17:33:55 EDT Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅ Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅
    (sigh)

    Ok, so unless Bloomberg are now in the fake news business it's official. Microsoft is buying Github.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-03/microsoft-is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github

    There is no way that any code I wrote will fall under the dominion of Microsoft.

    Therefore in the coming week I'll be moving out of Github. Initially I'll just self-host on Gogs, but I'll also be looking for a secondary host as backup for cases where my own server is down or doesn't have enough bandwidth.

    I'm sure that this will be rough for a lot of projects. Many things currently point to Github. Some will side with Microsoft, believing that they are allies of FOSS or just favoring convenience over disruption. When Microsoft is involved this is always a mistake.
    In conversation Sunday, 03-Jun-2018 17:33:55 EDT from soc.freedombone.net permalink

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      Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire Coding Site GitHub
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      Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire GitHub Inc., the code repository company popular with many software developers, and could announce the deal as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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