Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2018 19:19:47 +0930 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Microsoft github acquisition official Message-ID: <7027dbfb-36a1-3281-9bf9-b17833aacb3b@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <20180607081203.f74acbb7802284800060ad93@sohara.org> References: <SN1PR20MB2109A23794ADA17245680B9880640@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <20180607004713.GA5071@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <20180607081203.f74acbb7802284800060ad93@sohara.org>
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On 07/06/2018 16:42, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 18:47:13 -0600 > The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21:34AM +0000, Carmel NY wrote: >>> I just heard that the deal was official. Microsoft acquired Github for >>> 7.5 billion dollars. >>> >>> https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal >>> >> >> Definitely the case! >> >> Time for an opengit.org! > > Erm Gitlab ? From the Gitlab wikipedia entry: > > ---------------- > In June 2018, the acquisition of competitor GitHub by Microsoft[24][25] > caused a migration of over 250,000 projects to GitLab[26]. > ---------------- > > and June's hardly started. > Bitbucket would be the other main one to migrate to but their 2G storage limit might keep gitlab more popular. While ports have USE_GITHUB, there aren't similar options for other repo sources. Time to think about expanding this feature. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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