Microsoft acquires Github
People keep mentioning how "Microsoft changed" 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't they spied on Windows 10 users? Do they not engage in patents racketeering? Haven't they killed Nokia and ruined Skype?<p>"<i>But Mom, some of the other companies are doing it too</i>", well yeah, but some of us don't have double standards, in spite of what you'd think and that doesn't absolve them of anything ;-)<p>Brilliant marketing campaign though. They needed it I guess, but it's getting obnoxious.<p>---<p>That said I'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't all bad.