Microsoft buys GitHub

[Robert B. Denny]

I should add that GitHub's business strategy may well have been to run at a
loss, attract the free software / open source community and thereby build a big
following (well deserved I might add, they run a great service), then go looking
for buyers. Perfectly good business strategy, and it tempers my thought that
depending on GitHub five years ago was risky. Maybe not as risky as I originally
thought. And now their business strategy has proven to be a good one. the
founders risked it all, worked like dogs, suffered (no doubt) through some dark
times, and are walking away with seven billion dollars, a free enterprise
success. Bravo to them.

  -- Bob

On 6/5/2018 6:05 PM, Djorgovski, Stanislav G. wrote:
> Whereas it is never a good idea to stick one’s neck in a religious dispute, for what it’s worth, I think that Jonathan’s and Bob’s comments make a good sense.  In addition, if you’d like to attract some young, creative developers, you should use the tools that they use.  Cheers, George
>
> PS.  Bob, my standing in the IVOA/VO community is probably even lower than yours.
>
> PPS.  Kindly do not reply - just curse me in private.


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