| brolin_empey | Why does it matter in practice if Microsoft owns/controls GitHub? | 08:30 |
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| Joerg-Neo900 | for the same reasons why it matters who owns skype or whatsapp | 08:31 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | eventually decisions about changes in provided services and applicable policies will depend on that | 08:32 |
| brolin_empey | OK but does that matter in practice in the context of the Neo900 project? | 08:37 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | no | 08:37 |
| brolin_empey | Then why does the Neo900 project need to discontinue use of GitHub? | 08:39 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | Neo900 project never used github for all I can tell | 08:40 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | I always been aware of the risk that comes from centralization of gitblub, and so all genuine Neo900 stuff is self-hosted | 08:41 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | I'm trying hard to not sound condescending or arrogant, but: it once again been the ignorant masses that thought free-as-in-beer was a normal thing and smart to use. Like with whatsapp, like with facebook, like with google mail etc pp | 08:44 |
| brolin_empey | OK, I guess this is my misunderstanding. I was replying to: | 08:44 |
| brolin_empey | <houkime> Microsoft acquired Github, so it's time to move my code outta there. | 08:44 |
| brolin_empey | I guess I incorrectly thought that houkime was hosting Neo900 work in GitHub. | 08:44 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | I don't know what houkime is hosting, and where | 08:45 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | I also don't know to which "my code" he was relating when writing this | 08:45 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | she? they* - dang, this still happens to me | 08:47 |
| brolin_empey | It seems that many computer users are not strongly interested in the technology itself but are primarily interested in its benefits or applications, like with many consumer applications of technology. | 09:10 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | of course, and that's normal and probably a good thing | 09:35 |
| Joerg-Neo900 | technology never is a value in itself - except for geeks - and always should be a means to an end | 09:36 |
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