RE: My full comments to Nature News on Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub
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Interesting article @dhimmel. I was unaware that Microsoft was planning to acquire GitHub. While my brain is still trying to process a lot of the jargon used, what do you think this would mean for the likes of Steemit and how it uses GitHub for source code? If I am not asking this properly please let me know and I will try to rephrase the question.
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Much of the source code related to Steem is stored on GitHub. This includes the main protocol implementation, the steemit dot com source, and the busy dot com source. In fact, I'd gander that most open source tools from http://steemtools.com are hosted on GitHub.
Now, since GitHub stores code using git, which is an open source distributed protocol, most the source code for most projects is stored in a redundant way. Each contributor likely has a copy, although perhaps it's a bit outdated. The problem is that GitHub provides many important tools that are not part of the git repository. This includes issues (comments and discussions) and pull requests (requests to update the codebase). These are crucial aspects of a repository's history. They include all of the peer review details.
In the short term, Steem projects don't have a ton to worry about. GitHub is not going to change overnight from this acquisition. However, I think it underscores the importance of trying to move issues and pull requests to decentralized platforms. @utopian-io has started to move some discussion and peer review of code to the Steem blockchain. But there's a long way to go until anything replaces the utility and adoption of GitHub.
Got it! Thanks for that explanation in layman's terms. It made it much easier for me to follow! Sometimes when I wake up and see technical stuff right away, my brain doesn't always follow it at once! :) How is your brother doing in his misson in the Peace Corps?
@jhimmel is doing well last I spoke to him! We went over how to convert SBD into STEEM into VESTS (Power).
Nice! I've been doing that lately as well! I looked for a post from him a few days ago. Will check in a few minutes to see if there any posts. Thanks for the update!