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minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoI thought they bought GitHub ages ago?
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoDepends on the beholder’s POV I guess; but yeah, even to a middle-aged fart like me 2018 is not “recent” anymore.
minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoGitHub was founded in 2008 so nearly half its life it has been owned my MS. Yeah, “recent” doesn’t feel like a good fit here.
minus-squareTheV2@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoYes, vice versa even to a young bird like me 2018 was just yesterday and the acquisition by Microsoft feels even more recent.
I thought they bought GitHub ages ago?
Depends on the beholder’s POV I guess; but yeah, even to a middle-aged fart like me 2018 is not “recent” anymore.
GitHub was founded in 2008 so nearly half its life it has been owned my MS. Yeah, “recent” doesn’t feel like a good fit here.
Yes, vice versa even to a young bird like me 2018 was just yesterday and the acquisition by Microsoft feels even more recent.