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[–] SithEmpire 1 point 10 points (+11|-1) ago 

  • Embrace
  • Extend
  • Extinguish

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Lol, I bet you own an Android!

Banana, you are paying a MicroSoft tax! Hahah!

1.Make fun of Apple

  1. Got ducked by MicroSoft!

  2. Oops!

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[–] The_Duke_of_Dabs 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Its control.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Of?

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[–] The_Duke_of_Dabs 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I have no clue, I just figured they saw something they wanted and decided they should have control over it.

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[–] ViperCarbz 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago  (edited ago)

New ideas without funding. Wait for the MS-GitHub sponsored tier.

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[–] Jobbyweecha 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Well, a few months ago they were talking about making a new Linux based OS. I'm assuming they bought GitHub because the pajeets that code for them barely know how to copy/paste, so they're going to steal everything from this acquisition.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Windows has the biggest Mac coding house outside of Apple.

MS would have to be able to solve AD in order to go to Linux. I thought Long horn was gonna be Linux but it was a piece of shit vapor ware that is barely coming to prime.

XP was a huge piece of shit. FUCK was a standard commenting vernacular. Too many hacks to make hacks of hacks work too. MS did do well with the code they bought from Apple. Printers finally worked better!

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[–] 12984017? 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

They already sponsor heavily multiple primary distros

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

True. You can also get certified by them by being to run on their platform.

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[–] cdglow 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The innocent explanation is that this is their attempt to buy developer goodwill for all of their platforms and services. Having some good relations with developers is critical for Microsoft in the long run, and this is a weakness of theirs. GitHub isn’t going to make Microsoft tons of cash by their standards, but it could hypothetically build towards making them somewhat less hated and more respected over time as they use Github to reinforce their brand and subtly push their products.

There are other more cynical and conspiratorial explanations obviously: like using this as a platform to inject code into NSA/CIA targets and spread government backdoors. Even if people check the hash of a file they download, it does no good if the hash is altered, so yeah.

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[–] 12984024? 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

They already have developer good will. Nobody makes better developer tools than they do

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

I hate MS. I like VSTS, VSC and Excel. I do sort of like IIS and how you can change server settings on the fly. Do a release through VSTS and you can script hundreds of servers without thinking. Good stuff.

I don’t do .net so Visual Studio is lost on me plus I hate the interface. Boring and seriously boring compared to VSC. Like what the fuck!?!

Visio ... hmmm ... I’d rather whip out illustrator. But I do like you can use tabs.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] ago 

Good will is a yes. It also helps to up sell developers to azure.

Code injection? Really?!? If your project is active, you will catch this shit the first time you do: git push origin master (or whatever branch you are working on). What will happen is that you will be warned and have to do a pull and merge your code. And bingo! Busted.

So no. This is highly unlikely. Checking a file hash only helps to ensure code came from XYZ source. But if the source is corrupted, hash helps zero.

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[–] varialus 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Look at the founding of Microsoft. What do they need? They need good ideas to steal, that's what they need. Why risk buying lots of ideas when you can buy up thousands in one fell swoop?

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ah the dark force.

But you missed out how Bill’s dad was a lawyer and pulled a fast one over IBM. You also kissed how they bought the competition to prevent competition. Horrid practice, but brilliant savants!

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[–] MadWorld ago 

They can also make use of those codes to provide difference services in the cloud without building them from ground up. If you further abstract away with programming and see them as functional blocks in a visual representation, that could be very useful and easy for customers to build their own sites to achieve different goals.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] ago 

Azure is a strong offering. Enterprises run on azure. Azure is cloud.

Name me a solid alternative to AD! The only way to kill MS is to build a better AD.

Code? Nah, try docker!

Profitable? Hmm, maybe ... it’s a gamble against time. I see it as a loss leader to draw in developers to the MS eco-system.

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[–] SpaceRace 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] ago 

That is a text book case for flawed execution.

However! You Android bois fill MS coffers because of Nokia. So the case could also be made on how to make money offer your competitors through passive income.

MS lucked out by not buying GroupOn!

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[–] 12984009? 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

You are borderline retarded if you don't see why Microsoft wouldn't want GitHub.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

How far off am I from your opinion?

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