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Here's the biggest news of the week—Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion.

For those unaware, GitHub is a popular code repository hosting service that allows developers to host their projects, documentation, and code in the cloud using the popular Git source management system, invented in 2005 by Linux founder Linus Torvalds.

GitHub is used by many developers and big tech companies including Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and IBM to store their corporate code and privately collaborate on software, but Microsoft is one of the top contributors to the web-hosting service.

 

Microsoft has uploaded several of its most important projects, including PowerShell, the .NET framework, and the Microsoft Edge JavaScript engine, to the website under open source licenses. Microsoft also partnered with Canonical to bring Ubuntu to Windows 10.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that GitHub opted to sell to Microsoft in part because it was impressed with the performance and leadership of Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, who has pushed the company to embrace open source technology.

In a blog post published today, Microsoft has confirmed that will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock, and the deal is expected to close by the end of 2018.

"GitHub will retain its developer-first ethos and will operate independently to provide an open platform for all developers in all industries. Developers will continue to be able to use the programming languages, tools and operating systems of their choice for their projects — and will still be able to deploy their code to any operating system, any cloud and any device."
"Microsoft Corporate Vice President Nat Friedman, founder of Xamarin and an open source veteran, will assume the role of GitHub CEO. GitHub's current CEO, Chris Wanstrath, will become a Microsoft technical fellow, reporting to Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie, to work on strategic software initiatives."

GitHub was last valued at $2 billion in 2015.

 

However, the decision has brought fear among some developers at open source community, with some Twitter users proclaiming the death of GitHub and open source software, and many considering to switch to rival services such as BitBucket or GitLab.

The concern is completely rational and understandable. Despite the company's lack of a CEO and money woes, Github holds a privileged position in the software development ecosystem and plays a critical role.

GitHub is, no doubt, a hub of the open source world, with 80 million code repositories hosted on the site as of March 2018. Microsoft, on the other hand, has once opposed to such open-source software development, with its ex-CEO Steve Ballmer describing Linux as "cancer."

However, Nadella moved the company away from complete dependence on its Windows OS to more in-house development on Linux. Microsoft even brought Linux to Windows, via the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Microsoft's largest acquisition to date was LinkedIn, the job-oriented professional social network it acquired in 2015 for $26 billion, and many people are now concerned that the massive investment in LinkedIn will start to pay off for Microsoft.

With both LinkedIn and GitHub, Microsoft is in a position to expand and strengthen LinkedIn. Also, the acquisition will give Microsoft access to a wealth of data and millions of software developers.

 

https://thehackernews.com/2018/06/microsoft-acquires-github.html

 

 

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mda...

 

"First, we will empower developers at every stage of the development lifecycle – from ideation to collaboration to deployment to the cloud."

aka iti bagam pe gat Teams si Azure

 

"with our direct sales and partner channels and access to Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure and services"

aka throatfuck cu serviciile lor

 

"Finally, we will bring Microsoft’s developer tools and services to new audiences."

aka more throatfuck

 

"GitHub will be led by CEO Nat Friedman... who will continue to report to Microsoft Cloud + AI Group Executive Vice President"

aka by-the-book throatfuck

 

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Nu se va intampla nimic. Microsoft nu sunt asa nebuni sa distruga un produs ce costa miliarde de dolari. Eu cred ca au facut o treaba buna cu Skype, daca e sa ne gandim la achizitiile lor din trecut. Eu cred ca aceasta achizitie e o veste buna pentru developerii .NET, serviciile GitHub o sa fie mai bine integrate in VS.

Dar bineinteles toata lumea exagereaza ca de fiecare data.

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2 hours ago, aismen said:

Nu se va intampla nimic. Microsoft nu sunt asa nebuni sa distruga un produs ce costa miliarde de dolari. Eu cred ca au facut o treaba buna cu Skype, daca e sa ne gandim la achizitiile lor din trecut. Eu cred ca aceasta achizitie e o veste buna pentru developerii .NET, serviciile GitHub o sa fie mai bine integrate in VS.

Dar bineinteles toata lumea exagereaza ca de fiecare data.

Tot la asta ma gandeam si eu aseara cand am vazut acest topic. Nu stiu daca e o investitie buna pentru ei sau mai arunca si ei cu bani ca nu au ce face cu ei. Si tot la Skype ma gandeam si eu si, mai exact, Skype era la moda, era foarte folosit, ceva cum e Whatsup-ul acuma. Imediat dupa ce a fost preluat de Microsoft a inceput sa se duca la vale.

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5 minutes ago, Che said:

Tot la asta ma gandeam si eu aseara cand am vazut acest topic. Nu stiu daca e o investitie buna pentru ei sau mai arunca si ei cu bani ca nu au ce face cu ei. Si tot la Skype ma gandeam si eu si, mai exact, Skype era la moda, era foarte folosit, ceva cum e Whatsup-ul acuma. Imediat dupa ce a fost preluat de Microsoft a inceput sa se duca la vale.

Skype se "demoda" oricum, nu s-a demodat fiindca a fost achizitionat de Microsoft... Au aparut alte alternative si de aceea Skype nu mai este optiunea primara pentru multi utilizatori cand vine vorba de voice call sau chat.

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2 hours ago, dancezar said:

Skype se "demoda" oricum, nu s-a demodat fiindca a fost achizitionat de Microsoft... Au aparut alte alternative si de aceea Skype nu mai este optiunea primara pentru multi utilizatori cand vine vorba de voice call sau chat.

Eu credeam ca serviciul lor de marketing cam da rateuri de cativa ani incoace si am zis ca poate e din cauza lor ca nu au stiut sa-l faca mai atractiv.

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13 hours ago, Nytro said:

La Linkedin s-a schimbat ceva dupa ce a fost cumparat? 

Mai exact, de exemplu pe mine, utilizator de rand cu repo-uri publice, ma va afecta cu ceva aceasta schimbare? Pareri? 

 

Github e o comunitate. Microsoft are un track record dezastruos cand a incercat sa construiasca comunitati. (e.g. .Net dev, Yammer, Skype, Nokia, Linkedin). Atitudinea lor nu e open source gen haide sa construim ceva impreuna. Ei construiesc ceva si apoi pun codul public: bai boilor, uite ce am facut noi. Asa am construit noi treaba asta si acum voi puteti vedea codul si ne ajutati sa rezolvam bug-uri. Aia e munca de fraieri, nu e open source cum ar trebui sa fie.

 

Ca tot ati adus vorba de Skype, ca studiu de caz - nu stiu ce ar fi fost daca MS nu ar fi facut achizitia dar nu vorbesc din perspectiva pitiponcului ce incearca sa combine curve virgine "pa net". Ei vedeau Skype ca salvatorul Lync care era treaba de ageamii. Au bagat o groaza de bani si l-au facut in Skype for Business si a fost ok o perioada foarte scurta de timp si apoi mai toata competitia i-au surclasat. Recent au anuntat ca defapt desfiinteaza Skype for Business si il baga in Teams in incercarea de a fi in competitie cu Slack si altele de genul dar se pisa aia cu stropi pe ei. Acum aprox o luna m-am intalnit cu unul de la Microsoft care incerca sa ma convinga ca au investit o droaie de milioane in Teams si ca fac si dreg (ca sa nu cumparam servicii echivalente de la alt provider): dar te uiti pe comunitate unde au sute si mii de replies cu feedback, voturi, etc. si de ani de zile nu au rezolvat chestii elementare. Ei au acelasi concept de care vorbeam mai sus: uitati ba boilor ce am facut noi cu Teams, acum veniti si ajutati-ne sa rezolvam balariile noastre.

 

Cu LinkedIn e alta poveste - Microsoft are anumite strategii pe piata educationala unde vrea sa forteze toate apps-urile si ofertele lor intr-un pachet pe care mai toate scolile sunt nevoie sa le cumpere. Deja au o baza buna prin pachetul Office si alte auxiliare. Tinand cont ca Linkedin cumparase Lynda.com le oferea o oportunitate excelenta sa intre pe piata asta dar mai apoi achizitia LinkedIn a fost buna doar dpdv al datelor si analytics, lasand la o parte faptul ca fac bani (chiar daca nu foarte mult in comparatie cu restul diviziilor lor). Valoarea datelor ce le continea la momentul respectiv era aproape inestimabila pentru ei tinand cont ca multi "decision makers" aveau conturi acolo. Te uiti peste orice contract corporate/enterprise al Microsoft si vezi cum iti baga toata suita lor pe gat (throatfuck) chiar daca vrei sau nu la pretul stabilit de ei. Si asta pentru ca ai nevoie de treburi gen Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. bineinteles toate din cloud-ul lor, bineinteles pe platforma (core engine) de Sharepoint, bineinteles pe care sunt construite OneDrive si restul. In fine, ar fi multe de spus pe tema asta.


Revenind insa la intrebarea ta: cum te afecteaza pe tine, utilizator de rand: vor actiona cu mare grija si nu vor fi schimbari majore pe termen scurt dar cred ca treptat, tinand cont ca e o companie for profit:

- pregateste-te sa ti se bage reclame pe gat

- sa ti se comercializeze (intern, in cadrul diviziilor Microsoft) datele, behaviour-ul, etc. tale fara sa iti dai acordul (deep user analytics, data mining)

- sa ti se bage pe gat Azure

- sa schimbe treptat si sigur EULA, ingropand userii in termeni juridici, achizitionand anumite "drepturi" care nu li se cuvin pe parcurs.


Insa poate ca sunt eu biased.. ofticat de bullshit-ul celor de la MS cu care am vorbit pana acum...

 

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Eu observ un pattern in achizitiile lor:

 

1. Skype -  tool de comunicare

2. Linkedin - tool de interconectare 

3. Github - tool de colaborare

 

Am impresia ca viziunea lor incepe sa fie 'business oriented' fara sa le mai pese de restul. 

 

Prin cele 3 achizitii pot oferi oricarei companii tot ce are nevoie pt a isi desfasura activitatea. Cine stie poate intr-un viitor nu prea indepartat o sa vedem un OS ce le combina /faciliteaza functionalitatile lor.

 

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