robertsmithfinance :
Most of the developers are planning to switch to either Gitlab or Bitbucket.
I was going to point out the recent parade of high-profile projects moving from github to gitlab. I wonder if they had any sense this was coming.
robertsmithfinance :
Github appears to be a strategic fit for Microsoft. But isn’t the purchase price too high?
That was my first thought... but now I'm starting to think about all of the IP they can now access. For one thing, they can mine data about millions of programmers, how they collaborate, who's most prolific, who writes the best code, etc. and can sell access to this data to employers and recruiters.
Another possible revenue stream would be to offer legal services to open source projects to sue companies infringing their license terms. If they pair this with a Black Duck-like ability to detect infringing code, they have a potential gold mine on their hands.