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Why Open Source Software is Moving to GitLab After Microsoft-GitHub Deal

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Christine Hall
Jun 5, 2018

Open source advocates think that Microsoft needs to move a little slower. They see an organization such as GitHub as a key part of the open source infrastructure, and see this purchase as something akin to a once abusive but now reformed person purchasing their ex-victim’s house to become the landlord.

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Christine Hall

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