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Google buys GitHub. 6 months later it launches a new different code hosting site that is tightly tied with Google services. 3 years later new site and GitHub both shut down.

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Sad but true

"Why do I need a Google+ account to use GitHub?!?"

Well nowadays Skype is tied to a Microsoft account.

I look forward to the pull requests from Xbox Live users. Commit message: "You suck, you n00b loser. I f*ed your mom."

GitHub homepage heading: "All good things..." or "It's been a fun ride."

I'm not sure the current path is any better. I am worried Github is going to start looking like sourceforge or codeplex.

Microsoft killed Codeplex because everyone at Microsoft was basically using Github anyways. I doubt they're going to change it meaningfully.

I think they know better. I mean, how couldn't they? If Microsoft trashed GitHub, that means millions of developers are never going to trust them with anything again. It'd be severe clownery to not see what's clear as day.

We ARE talking about the same company that gave us IE6, you know :P

Are we, though? How many of Microsoft's current executives were there in 2001?

That's a good point, but it's one that cuts both ways: the same capacity for change in leadership and therefore behavior that means MS might no longer make the mistakes involved in IE (interested only in market dominance, not in developing/maintaining the potential of the technology) also means that in a decade MS might shift in how they value GitHub.

In name only. A company is just people, who change jobs often, and a few different leaders can change the entire outcome.

You mean the web browser that once had 90% market share because there was no meaningful competition?

IE6 was quite good on release.

Some people you can fool over and over again. It’s not like Microsoft hasn’t pulled any tricks before.

Codeplex is still available archived.

Here is a Twitter thread from someone who was on Microsoft's TypeScript team as they moved from CodePlex to GitHub:

https://twitter.com/jntrnr/status/1003869360002220032

You mean because Google did not have just that until two years ago. /s

Why does such an article not at least mention Google code? The digital memory is short.

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