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sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Microsoft GitHub is burning free CDs of your public code to troll PlayStation, and XBOX should take notes

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Microsoft GitHub is burning free CDs of your public code to troll PlayStation, and XBOX should take notes

www.windowslatest.com

sanitation@lemmy.today to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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GitHub is offering to burn your public repo onto a CD-ROM days after Sony killed physical PlayStation discs, and there is a real order form
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    This would probably land as a fun PR move if Microsoft wasn’t so shitty themselves. As it stands, just seems cynical.

    Also, XBOX…is Microsoft…

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      It’s a practical project, allowing you to access your code when GitHub is down /s

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        Does it have any advantage over just pulling the repo to a local pc?

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          Meaning of “/s”

          No practical purpose but presumably, the discs will be cool collectibles if there is a way to verify authenticity (at least a professionally printed GitHub logo, I assume)

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      Its totally a PR move, and I’m gonna get my free CD.

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        Only 1000 will be made. I think the application approval will cost more than the media

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          And presumably itll be manually burnt, 1000 is a bit short for any kind of automation. I’m guessing I won’t get the CD, there must be 1000 more deserving projects ahead of mine.

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      I hate Microsoft. But I’m just reposting from reddit

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