Of Git and M$

[Carmel NY]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 20:37:39 +0200, Wojciech Puchar stated:

>On Sat, 16 Jun 2018, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>
>> A related discussion reminded me of this: how would Microsoft's purchase
>> of GitHub affect future development?  After all, they'll get to call the 
>> shots...[*]  The only good thing that came out of M$ is their RTF document 
>> format (used natively by the Mac's TextEdit utility, for example), which 
>> being plain ASCII can be edited directly if necessary (and I have).
>>
>> I've been looking at BitKeeper, for example, the author of which (Larry 
>> McEvoy) I happen to know from another mailing list.  Apparently,
>> converting from Git is as simple as: "git fast-export | bk fast-import".
>>
>> And no, before some here accuse me of being a shill for BK, I have nothing
>> to do with the product whatsoever, other than as someone looking for an 
>> alternative to something now owned by M$ (and I've used just about
>> everything since SCCS).

>what forces you or anyone to use github.
>Git doesn't need it. works locally.
>remote repository could be over nfs, ssh, ftp or whatever you like.
>
>this is a problem only for people so lazy that are unable to setup remote 
>repository. or because "project manager" decided to use github
>
>of course microsoft bought it to steal software more efficiently.

Steal what? It is already freely available. This is just more FUD spread by
people who fail to comprehend the actual logistics of the situation.

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Carmel