Paul Ford unpacks Microsoft’s purchase of Github. This includes an account of the history of both companies.
Dave Winer shares a number of points to consider associated with the acquisition.
Louis-Philippe Véronneau and
Doug Belshaw suggest that it might be a good opportunity to move to other platforms, such as GitLab. I wonder what this might mean for
Github in education? It is interesting to reread
Ben Halpern’s predictions for Github from a few years ago. He thought it would be Google or Facebook, wrong. For those new to this world, read
Jon Udell’s post from a few years ago.