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Microsoft Joins 5th Annual Open Source 'Hacktoberfest' (microsoft.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the ready-to-commit dept.

An anonymous reader writes: This October will see the fifth annual Hacktoberfest, "a month-long celebration of open source software run by DigitalOcean in partnership with GitHub and Twilio." Basically you sign up any time in October, then submit five quality pull requests to public GitHub repositories to win a t-shirt and stickers. (Issues and commits don't count, only pull requests created after October 1st -- but pull requests will still count even if they're not accepted or merged, "unless they are spam, irrelevant, or tagged as invalid.") "No contribution is too small -- bug fixes and documentation updates are valid ways of participating."
Here's Microsoft's own announcement about the event from their Open Source blog: We're excited to announce that we're participating in this year's Hacktoberfest! An annual celebration of all things open source, Hacktoberfest launched as a partnership between DigitalOcean and GitHub in 2014 and rallies a global community of contributors, with last year's event drawing more than 30K participants and nearly 240K pull requests.

This October, we'll recognize anyone who submits a pull request to one of our open source projects with a special limited-edition T-shirt (more details below)... Our projects span nearly all areas of computing, from developer tools and frameworks like .NET Core, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin to Kubernetes tooling like Draft and the Service Fabric container orchestrator. Any contributions are welcome, so explore our GitHub repos, find something that interests you, and submit your first (or 100th) pull request.
Microsoft's t-shirt design includes a cameo appearance by.... Clippy, Microsoft's widely beloved default assistant for Office 2000/XP/2003.

13 of 30 comments (clear)

  1. My pull request by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Dear Microsoft, your acquisition of github is already a big joke. So, go on, pull the other one.

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  2. It figures by OneHundredAndTen · · Score: 1

    After all, when it comes to being hacked, MS are experts.

  3. Oh great... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 1

    ... now Microsoft can lower the quality of open source software also....

    1. Re:Oh great... by bn-7bc · · Score: 1

      Oh is nginx, apache, pisrgresql etc such bad quality? Well that is news to me

    2. Re: Oh great... by spongman · · Score: 1

      Yeah I have filed several bugs against Nginx for not being standards compliant and non-interoperable with standards-compliant devices. Only to be met with the toxic reply of open-source projects everywhere: âoefix it yourself!â

    3. Re: Oh great... by spongman · · Score: 1

      Yeah I think you just illustrated my point perfectly there, thanks.

  4. Labor Sets You Free by Kunedog · · Score: 1

    I'd rather donate my time to real free software projects than this crude simulation of a community effort designed only to benefit corporate sponsors.

    You would deny the Hacktoberfest?

  5. Ugh, that shirt! by VicVegas · · Score: 1

    That t-shirt is incentive not to submit pull requests!

    1. Re:Ugh, that shirt! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 1

      That t-shirt is incentive not to submit pull requests!

      Didn't you read Microsoft's new Github Terms & Conditions . . . ?

      Your use of Github allows Microsoft to dictate what you wear.

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  6. T shirt and stickers? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 1

    Why not add pizza and complete the cliche.

  7. Microsoft and Open Source? by Hallux-F-Sinister · · Score: 1

    Seems to me, Microsoft showing up at an event like this, pretending they want to embrace (and not extinguish, ultimately,) open source software is like the Russian government offering to help the US with election security. Or if you prefer, like the fox offering tips on hen-house security. Or the Hamburglar offering Ronald McDonald tips on sandwich security... etc. etc. etc.

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  8. Re:clippy? by benjymouse · · Score: 1

    Clippy was "beloved?"

    Whooooosh

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  9. as much as i dislike MS by sad_ · · Score: 1

    As much as i dislike MS, i can hardly find anything wrong with this.
    OSS projects get more contributions, maybe even forever if some people find it fun & rewarding enough to keep working on it.

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