In June last year, Microsoft acquired Gitub, one of the largest providers of version control services. What are the consequences of this and what is the future of such services? What can we say about such a decision? To really understand the questions in the material, we need to focus on what we are storing. Data is very important for every aspect of development, how we manipulate it, where we store it and with whom we hand over our valuable information. Who has access, what law protects against unintentional use and what projects can be detached from it. Information has become so complex for us that we have developed mechanisms to keep it secure, to have strict control over how we cooperate and store it.
Data hosting services are nothing new, RapidShare, MegaUpload, and all other companies are offering us data hosting services before GitHub became a thing. Although the services they provide are different in essence, they all manage and store data for end users with paid and free hosting examples. These free plans are the first step towards snowball, which has slowly led to the industry adapting to new and different approaches to paid and free repository services.
To show, or to show? GitHub has always had a free storage option, but in the past, that free-range was limited to public repositories, where everyone could see and fork a copy of your work. If you are a beginner developer who wants to do in-depth research on source control first, then publishing your code is the best affordable option. Even after landing your first developer job, when it comes time to continue or work on a side project, you may not want to look at your work, anyone or your current employer and get the make hall. A company that previously had a free GitHub account for their source code in serious business projects will usually have credibility for a three-dollar bill.
Consequences At the end of the day, this deal is almost inevitable, whether it be Google, Apple or another company in the cloud of acquisitions that can buy GitHub. So what does it mean for the world's largest software company to buy the world's largest source code repository? For starters, Microsoft now has the ability to access the repositories of approximately 28 million developers and companies. Second, GitHub will suddenly become a standard for future companies that want to get started anytime with a source control service. Developers will not settle for less than the minimum they get for free and in our view, freelance software developers will not settle for anything else.
That being said, the future has new and exciting plans, as these platforms continue to shift to different pricing plans, and now instead of being frustrated with developers and logistics, we hope that they will go a long way in providing different tools in addition to the hosting service they provide, and hopefully more companies will stick to these new plans. I was curious what we would see over the years.
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