> > Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire GitHub Inc., the code repository company
> > popular with many software developers.
>
> Although there's no details, there's all the things that Microsoft "could" possibly
> do....
>
>
> - Force you to use microsoft logins instead of github ones, thus giving them more
> information as to who you are and what you do, and via LinkedIn, your real details.
>
> - Quietly bring new terms of service preventing developers of certain windows tools
> (if they exist) from using the service.... or worse.
>
> - Decide to take ownership of projects that interest them, like it or not.
>
> - Impose unrealistic restrictions on project size or other parameters
>
> - Bring in more ways to force a paid model (after all I bet this acquisition wasn't
> for peanuts)
>
> - and so on...
>
> Or maybe they'll be real nice about it and let things continue as they are... who
> knows?
When a company blocks updates for the older OSes just because you have a new CPU in a shameless gun-point threat to go to Windows 10.... yeah I dont trust MS's plans
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