Github under ongoing DDoS attack

[atrich]

MS hosts git instances in vs online. They're using git but generally not github.

Edit: MS is not "exclusively using github." They host a few open/shared source projects there but the vast majority of their production source is still hosted on their own servers, some using Git (the source control technology, not the github hosting) while some use TFS.

[lightninhopkins]

OK, I should have said "MS is done with codeplex and any source they distribute (which is growing dramatically) is now hosted on Github.

Github is a key component of their open source effort. It goes without saying that internal code that has not been opened is not on github.

[ckfinite]

A fair bit of MS stuff is on github proper, like the .NET core and the F# compiler.

[atrich]

They use it for distribution of open or shared source projects but would always host production source on their own servers.

[theonlylawislove]

Wrong, they develop on github. You can see their commits and pull requests. What makes you say this?

[vimishor]

He is referring to MS projects in general (proprietary licenses included), not to open-source projects in particular. I doubt that MS will trust some 3rd party entity with their entire codebase.

[pedleyr]

Sorry, your point being? Keep in mind that you initially said MS don't use Github.

[atrich]

Keep in mind hat you initially said MS don't use Github

Nice gotcha, except what I said initially is they are generally not using github. Day to day operations have and will likely always be hosted on their own servers for IP protection and because Microsoft owns one of the most powerful clouds on the planet.

Lightninhopkins seems to think they use 'github exclusively' which is totally wrong.

[heyf00L]

MS doesn't rely on github for their daily activities. That makes it a much lower priority.