Re: Microsoft buys GitHub, is this a threat to open-source

From: Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Microsoft buys GitHub, is this a threat to open-source
Date: 2018-06-04 18:34:48
Message-ID: CAOzAquKYZNTc55K4C-JnFFM1o-UA3kheid=6x2r08tCrPgKYyw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Michael Nolan <htfoot(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Microsoft has bought GitHub for $7.5 billion, is this a threat to the
> open
> > source community?
>
> A fair question, but one that seems entirely off-topic for the Postgres
> lists, since we don't depend on GitHub. (And that's a thing for which
> I'm very glad today.)
>
> regards, tom lane
>

Core postgres is OK, but I think there are a number of postgres-related
projects that might be on places like GitHub.
--
Mike Nolan

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