[LAU] Some disturbing news

[David Kastrup]

Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> writes:

> On Sat, 2 Jun 2018, Will Godfrey wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Jun 2018 10:12:35 +0200
>>> Can you elaborate on why would a purchase by Microsoft be bad for GitHub?
>>>
>>
>> Nokia, Skype, LinkedIn
>> ... just for starters.
>>
> Just so.  I am not even sure what the company in question does, but
> reading Microsoft might buy it automatically brought examples to mind
> of the pending disaster.
>
> I had forgotten they bought LInkedin...explains much.

I think LinkedIn spam was a thing way before Microsoft.  Opting out of
LinkedIn spam seemed to be about as effective as opting out of Windows
10 upgrades.

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David Kastrup