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I noticed absolutely no change in Github's product after the Microsoft news, and I'm 99% sure there will be no appreciable change after this news settles. I'm 100% sure that people are going to freak out and waste their time migrating to BitBucket or GitLab for the wrong reasons. As a Github user, there are a few things Github does that makes me unhappy, like not hyperlinking static text when they should, but who they get in bed with is not one of them.

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The Microsoft deal hasn’t even closed yet.

In general, your new corporate overlords usually spend the first fiscal year trying to figure out what to do with you.

So wait for the first full fiscal year after the deal closes, or the second if its late enough in the year.

Then you will hear logic like, “We’re not going to tell you what to make, but we won’t pay for that,” as if that’s different or even better than just setting the agenda.

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