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Comment by gerdesj

8 years ago

Soooo .... Linus Torvalds knocks together a code repo thingie a few years back because Bit Keeper became a bit too non free (nice one Tridge P) and calls it Git. Git is specifically designed not to need centralisation. It turns out that git is not just for Linux and can be used to manage lots of software development. A few companies spring up with some paid for value add stuff - mainly centralisation with a pretty frontend.

MS buys GitHub for $5B.

Funny old world.

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chrisan  8 years ago

Perhaps Linus should have knocked together all the other things GitHub created/glued together, or more importantly grown such a large community under a single roof

There’s a reason MS bought GitHub and not GitLab

  • gerdesj  8 years ago

    Perhaps Linus should have knocked together all the other things GitHub created/glued together, or more importantly grown such a large community under a single roof

    Linus invented git because Linux needed a new code repo thingie. He was only focused on one project - Linux. He released git as GPL. GitHub n Co are value add sites with fees for services and are more than welcome to use GPL software for obvious reasons.

  • gerdesj  8 years ago

    Actually my real point was: scratch an itch and find you have lice living off you. No, err that's not it.

    It is genuinely nice to see hard work pay off. Github have seriously put their back into it to create an environment that a lot of people feel comfortable with. I sincerely hope that MS do not fuck it up and wish them both all the best.

    We still have git itself - that has never changed. That is the power of open source software.

  • Operyl  8 years ago

    Because GitLab doesn’t have 5 Billion dollars? I mean, you act as if there’s a singular reason here.