The fact that Microsoft is reorganizing the management of GitHub, which it purchased in 2018, is not particularly surprising.

The fact that it is being moved into Microsoft's AI operation, though, says a lot about what GitHub is actually for now.

https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

@corbet I moved all my projects off GitHub quite a while ago when Microsoft's strategy for "monetizing" it became clear.

@corbet that’s fascinating. I wonder to what extent that’s because a lot of the AI org is ex-GH through Copilot.

@dfs_comedy @corbet I just deleted all of my repos on GitHub. There was nothing I need to keep or transfer.

@corbet probably also some accounting fun, GitHub might make some money so they can now prop up AI revenue with it

@corbet they do realize that Git is decentralized? People can just delete their stuff and push it some other git provider...

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> The fact that it is being moved into Microsoft's AI operation,

The Verge added a correction -- this bit isn't recent news.

> Correction, August 11th: GitHub was already part of CoreAI, but its leadership will no longer be under a single CEO.

Does it seem interesting you the timing, @corbet?

Trump issues an executive order to keep “AI unregulated”, and within days, #Microsoft moves #GitHub under their AI division.

I don't think the resignation of the CEO is a timing coincidence.

@corbet I defected to #codeberg, and I am so happy. They are SO nice, and have set me up with their CI/CD stuff, it's just fabulous. And it sits behind iocaine or anubis...whichever one has the little anime girl to prevent code theft. And I'm an old FOSS fart, and I appreciate the hippy opensource environment it provides. Github is trash, and has been for a while.

@SecondUniverse @corbet you assume that deletion means what you think it means

@corbet oh, so there’s the first CEO replaced by their AI?

@mrt181 @corbet I am in the EU. I think under GDPR they are required to really delete my data?

@SecondUniverse @corbet true, but they could just pretend that they didn't because of an error - if they are ever caught

@mrt181 @corbet ok, fork the repository. Keep the microsoft one alive, with an AI on a loop "reporting bugs" and checking in "fixes". Train on that suckers!

@corbet I really don't get the sudden hysteria. Github's been under Microsoft's AI division for a while now. And the CEO who's going out has always been extremely for AI. I don't get why the fact that Github soon won't have it's own CEO is somehow very impactful for the users. What actually changed?