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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] is this thing on?
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From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On 4 March 2024 22:26:37 GMT, daniil@daniil=2Eit wrote:
>> Has Microsoft made a commitment to support open source forever? I mean =
MS owns Github, what ensures that it will stay free?
>
>This is a silly argument, if that were the case, maybe the VCS should mov=
e back to a self-hosted instance too?

The VSC part from github (hosting our code), can very easily be ported=2E =
Issues, discussions etc can not=2E=20

>Jokes aside, if Microsoft suddenly decides to throw away or to charge for=
 github, one of their biggest assets after Windows and OpenAI, PHP would ha=
ve bigger problems than RFCs being managed on the github issue tracker=2E

With the ongoing enshittification of most of the Internet due to advertisi=
ng and tracking, we'd be negligent not hosting and owning our own content (=
including our issue tracker, but that ship has sailed now)=2E=20

Email has been around for half a century=2E Will things like Slack, Discor=
d, and the like still be operational and allow access to our archives in an=
other 25 years? I'm almost certain it won't be=2E=20

cheers=20
Derick=20