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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Aug-2025 17:07:53 JST nixCraft 🐧

   GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and now GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s core AI engineering team. Github is no longer independent company.

   https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

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     nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Aug-2025 17:07:53 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     Once upon a time, SourceForge was a leader in FLOSS code hosting. It lost the battle to GitHub and others. Now GitHub is part of a bigger corporation with a questionable history. I guess history repeats itself. This is why FLOSS folks should build its own core infrastructure with 0 dependencies on big tech.

     Maybe good folks from the EU can provide grants. I don't know, and I don't have answers to all the questions, nor can I (or anyone) predict the future.

     Chris Were ⁂🐧📰🌱☕ repeated this.
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     Wuzzy (wuzzy@cyberplace.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Aug-2025 17:07:53 JST Wuzzy

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     @nixCraft I remember #SourceForge. One day, it randomly started to force ad-infested "installers" into every software download which probably marked the beginning of its downfall.

     And yes, independent FOSS infrastructure is important.

     I think #Codeberg/#Forgejo is doing a great job in providing a non-commercial, free-software, no-bullshit software forge. Free software development needs free software tools. It BAFFLES me how this isn’t consensus in the #FOSS community.