Microsoft acquires Github
People keep mentioning how &quot;Microsoft changed&quot; due to VS Code, the Linux subsystem, .NET Core.<p>I say that they are the same company, only with different cash cows.<p>Haven&#x27;t they spied on Windows 10 users? Do they not engage in patents racketeering? Haven&#x27;t they killed Nokia and ruined Skype?<p>&quot;<i>But Mom, some of the other companies are doing it too</i>&quot;, well yeah, but some of us don&#x27;t have double standards, in spite of what you&#x27;d think and that doesn&#x27;t absolve them of anything ;-)<p>Brilliant marketing campaign though. They needed it I guess, but it&#x27;s getting obnoxious.<p>---<p>That said I&#x27;m glad that after the acquisition GitHub will be led by Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Xamarin, which has some credibility.<p>At least the news isn&#x27;t all bad.