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  • GitHub To Be Folded More Tightly Into Microsoft

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 11 23:06:03 2025
    The CEO of GitHub is stepping down, and won’t be directly replaced,
    according to <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/>.
    Instead the leadership will become more closely a part of Microsoft’s “CoreAI” division.

    So the emphasis will be more on “AI” rather than “code repository”? Is there this assumption that software development is inevitably going to
    become more AI-centric, even as perceptions of the quality of
    AI-generated work go down? Do you see something wrong with this
    picture?

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  • From Jason H@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Fri Aug 15 14:02:38 2025
    On 12/08/2025 00:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
    The CEO of GitHub is stepping down, and won’t be directly replaced, >according to ><https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/>.
    Instead the leadership will become more closely a part of Microsoft’s >“CoreAI” division.

    So the emphasis will be more on “AI” rather than “code repository”? Is >there this assumption that software development is inevitably going to
    become more AI-centric, even as perceptions of the quality of
    AI-generated work go down? Do you see something wrong with this
    picture?

    Definitely something wrong. I've been impressed with AI chatbots' ability to
    answer questions and save me time refining Google searches. I've not been
    impressed with AI integrated with the IDE. Main considerations for me are:

    - Will it remain free?
    - Will my private repos remain private?

    As long as the changes don't disrupt how I use the service I suppose
    Microsoft can do what they want with it.

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    A PICKER OF UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei@21:1/5 to Jason H on Fri Aug 15 22:28:33 2025
    On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:02:38 -0000 (UTC), Jason H wrote:

    - Will it remain free?

    Not likely. Those electricity bills need to be paid somehow. And the
    more advanced the AI models become, the more the bills mount up.

    But customers are reluctant to pay. So what to do? Find more sneaky
    ways of monetizing it <https://www.computerworld.com/article/4036568/the-dark-side-of-ai-monetization.html>.

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