4 Jun
2018
4 Jun
'18
12:09 a.m.
Chris Cannam <cannam(a)all-day-breakfast.com> writes:
What I think is most interesting about this thread is
the common
perspective about the company that *currently* runs Github.
This isn't a publicly-funded resource threatened with acquisition by a
predatory corporation. It's a service operated by a company -- a
sometimes shabby, sometimes brilliant American startup -- threatened
with acquisition by what is essentially a mature version of the same
thing.
Is it good that our decentralised version-control systems are
centralised by such a company already? Should we not be actively
hoping that Microsoft take over this thing and destroy it? If not,
then why not?
Because there is a difference between warning people of a danger and
rejoicing when your predictions come true and the damage sets in.
I bet Stallman could perfectly well make do with a whole lot fewer
opportunities of saying "told you so".
--
David Kastrup