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Comment by zer00eyz | Hacker News Reader

M$ is still M$

Linkedin, Github, Copilot(just no, but people swear by it), VS code...

How long before M$ takes github down the same road as sourceforge (for those who dont know: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/rise-fall-slashdot-media/ )

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All they need to do is buy StackOverflow from the PE that owns it now, and the circle will be completely jerked.

VSCode and GitHub are honestly great at what they do, granted there are valid criticisms. These are essential daily tools for a sizable population of users, including myself. I think Microsoft has earned a lot of good will by cultivating these, as well as TypeScript and other open-source developer-oriented projects.

Maybe not enough good will though, to recover their reputation from historic and on-going user-hostile moves. I'm really praying that Microsoft doesn't ruin these projects like they've been doing with Windows and Edge.

Microsoft owns Github, VSCode, Typescript, and NPM. That's like... my entire web development stack. Maybe it's fine now, but having one company own all of that makes me a little nervous.

Already seeing a push to redefine "git" as github, sadly.

We need some Gitea sent to the GitLab! :) Make people aware that there are more options for self-hosted git.

copilot, github, codespaces, vscode, vscode-server: a push to move all development to MS's cloud and out of the hands/power of the little people.

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