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Microsoft Embraces Git For Development Tools

Posted by samzenpus on from the strange-bedfellows dept.

alphadogg writes "Once vehemently opposed to open-source software, Microsoft has warmed to the development model over the years and will now take the unusual step of incorporating an open-source program developed by Linus Torvalds into its own development tools. Microsoft is integrating the widely used Git, a distributed revision control and source code management system, into its Visual Studio IDE and Team Foundation Server, two of the company's main tools for enterprise developers."

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  1. Re:1st step. by grcumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    The GPL and the Git community are going to break Mr. Softy somewhere around step #2.

    Yep. First it's Git, then it's Microsoft GCC, then there's the Apache Solution Server and before too long they're selling Aladdin - The Microsoft LAMP Solution.

    "New LAMPs for old! New LAMPs for old!"

    ducks, runs....

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    Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
  2. Re:1st step. by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot.org readers hate microsoft no matter what. Its sad really how willfully ignorant zealots can be.

    That's because Slashdot.org readers have the sad tendency to generalise everything

  3. Ha Ha by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Funny

    My boss is going to turn purple. He hates git & anything devised by Torvalds.

  4. Re:Sometimes hard. Fiance wouldn't let me git init by foniksonik · · Score: 4, Funny

    Especially not --bare

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    A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.