Re: Get Off GitLab!

Joel wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 14:51:34 -0500, DFS wrote:
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that Microslop-bound shit site known as GitHub.

 
Blows GitLab out of the water.

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You’re not advocating the use of a service that runs on Linux, are you?

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GitHub is yet another "product" that Microsoft purchased.
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   https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/
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   Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion
   June 4, 2018 | Microsoft News Center
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   Acquisition will empower developers, accelerate GitHub’s growth and advance
   Microsoft services with new audiences.
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Such innovators, aren't they?
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft
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The table in there shows 276 acquisitions by "innovator" Microsoft.
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  :-D

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Is it forbidden to use anything remotely connected with M$?

Of course you can use it. I was just laffing at DFS.

I like their Linux-native stuff, much like Office for Mac.

Microsoft has a ton of good programmers, but their QA (quality assurance)
leaves something to be desired.

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