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Given the trajectory of Microsoft products it stands to reason Github’s future is uncertain. Also Git is ultimately a hosting platform that any competent softwa
by mason_mpls 10mo ago
Given the trajectory of Microsoft products it stands to reason Github’s future is uncertain. Also Git is ultimately a hosting platform that any competent software shop can recreate; the people behind the platform matter more than the platform itself.
- DeepYogurt 10mo agoTrue eventually, but not today
- gen220 10mo agoAs someone who is intimately familiar with GitHub’s data models, I wouldn’t say that replacing it is so technically trivial. But even then, you are right that that the moat of social cachet and implicit trust is still more valuable than the moat of technical implementation.