I’m not a MS fan in any way. I have built several havkintoshes and have owned Apple products since the Apple IIc (friends had the IIe).
So why blow all that cash on GitHub?
It really seems retarded but I’m thinking a big part of this was customer acquisition. But GitHub is basically free and their paying customers could keep GitHub going. True but lots of GitHub users pay for services the check their code or deploy across various machines.
I use VSTS to listen to my GitHub repo, I make a commit, VSTS takes my code, applies what ever I need to make my code server ready, and then puts my code on what ever machine I have given VSTS access too. I can drop code into my dev environment and if it goes green it drops code into a user testing location and even later into production. The pipeline features are awesome.
Ok VSTS is cool so what!
Don’t forget that azure competes with Amazon AWS and other places. Windows server is ok but ... is it that much better than Apache or nginx? I dont Think so.
Lots of corporations are going to the cloud and MS is on this game pretty well. They might have fucked their phone real bad but not the cloud.
So does GitHub make any sense now?
I have a feeling they are beefing up their vertical line. From lines of code to full services on their stack within their stack. If you can keep GitHub rolling like it was before the SJW day’s then people will look at VSTS because it is good. Once they have this and realize azure is just as good as AWS, they will stick with the honey smooth transition. Does this mean more windows sales? I doubt it. I don’t think they care really. They are looking enterprise and corporations.
So does their purchase make sense? Yeah, I think it does. Could they have built their own GitHub? Of course but who would use it?
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[–] SithEmpire 1 point 10 points 11 points (+11|-1) ago
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Lol, I bet you own an Android!
Banana, you are paying a MicroSoft tax! Hahah!
1.Make fun of Apple
Got ducked by MicroSoft!
Oops!
[–] [deleted] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
[–] 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.
[–] 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.
[–] Jobbyweecha 0 points 5 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.
[–] 12984017? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
They already sponsor heavily multiple primary distros
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
True. You can also get certified by them by being to run on their platform.
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points 0 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!
[–] The_Duke_of_Dabs 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Its control.
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Of?
[–] The_Duke_of_Dabs 0 points 2 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.
[–] ViperCarbz 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
New ideas without funding. Wait for the MS-GitHub sponsored tier.
[–] 12984009? 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
You are borderline retarded if you don't see why Microsoft wouldn't want GitHub.
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
How far off am I from your opinion?
[–] varialus 1 point 2 points 3 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?
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 0 points 1 point 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!
[–] cdglow 0 points 2 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.
[–] 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.
[–] 12984024? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
They already have developer good will. Nobody makes better developer tools than they do
[–] WhiteRonin [S] 1 point -1 points 0 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.
[–] SpaceRace 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Nokia
[–] 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!