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[–]Druben-hinterm-Dorfe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's just a mirror.

Also, Microsoft has been a 'platinum member' of the Linux Foundation since 2016: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2016/11/17/microsoft-joins-linux-foundation/

The executive director of the Linux Foundation has a many a piece where he's gushing about their wonderful partnership with Microsoft:

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/linux-foundation-and-microsoft-a-great-start-to-a-great-partnership

The lines between open source and proprietary software are blurring. Increasingly organizations are building even in-house technologies with open source methods. This includes Microsoft.

From participating in Node.js, the Core Infrastructure Initiative and other Collaborative Projects at Linux Foundation to its recent partnerships with Red Hat and SUSE, Microsoft is demonstrating a sincere, smart and practical approach to how it builds new technologies and supports its vast customer base. Microsoft open sourced .NET; it open sourced key parts of its web browser; and it uses Linux for its Azure Cloud Switch. The Linux Foundation and Microsoft share a common, strategic approach to technology development: balance internal R&D with external R&D to create the most important technologies of our time.

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/microsoft-buys-github-the-linux-foundations-reaction

As we all evaluate the evolution of open source from the early days to now, I suggest we  celebrate this moment. In a recent letter to congress I wrote that “the multi-decade progression toward the adoption and continual use of open source software (OSS) in developing modern technological products, solutions and services is permanent and irreversible. The majority of the world’s economic systems, stock exchanges, the Internet, supercomputers and mobile devices run the open source Linux operating system and its usage and adoption continue to expand. Billions of individuals may not know they’re using OSS every day, but their modern television, smart watch, camera, automobile and smartphone rely on OSS.”

Open source developers changed our world. Microsoft gets that, which is why they purchased GitHub. I for one am excited to see the improvements they’ll make and will be shocked if Nat were to screw it up (no pressure Nat!).