After Killing the Independence of Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Microsoft Steals Its Soul, Too
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2019-04-29 18:47:46 UTC
- Modified: 2019-04-29 18:47:46 UTC
Summary: Apache has become a prisoner of Microsoft, having technically liaised with Microsoft (and by extension NSA PRISM) for all code hosting and management
WE KNEW it would not end well. Half a decade ago we took note of a Microsoft employee (salaried by Microsoft) taking control of ASF -- an eventuality that had worried us since (almost) the dawn of this site in 2006. Among the articles we wrote about it, in chronological order: (oldest first)
- Yesterday's Microsoft Slashvertisement and Apache's Trip to Redmond
- Microsoft Now Tries to Invade Eclipse, Apache (Updated)
- Microsoft Pays for a More Microsoft-Obedient Apache
- Microsoft Hates Apache, Wanted to Sue It, Now Wants to Ruin It
- Glyn Moody, Pam Jones: Apache Sponsorship Likely an Anti-GNU/Linux Move
- Embrace, Extend, and Apache
- Does Apache Show That Money Talks?
- Microsoft Starts the Media Charade Ahead of Apache Conference
- Microsoft's Path of LAMP Destruction: From Novell to Apache (the L to the A)
- Haters of Software Freedom Inside Planet Apache
There are 4 new links about the latest development today [1-4], putting aside the old ones above. No doubt there's a lot more to come. We're supposed to think it's all just an act of "love" rather than infiltration or entryism. GitHub has been a perfect facilitator in that regard. Who's next?
Microsoft is at war. It's turning its competition (to IIS), Apache, into a subservient actor. Where are antitrust authorities? Nowhere to be seen. Keep telling us that "Microsoft loves Linux,"
'Linux' Foundation. You're well paid to spread this lie and keep regulators away.
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The Apache Software Foundation has moved its 350+ open-source projects onto GitHub for its Git hosting infrastructure.
Following months of work and collaborating with GitHub, the Apache Software Foundation has shifted all of its Git infrastructure onto GitHub. The Apache Software Foundation's own Git service has been retired following this transition.
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The Apache Software Foundation today announced it has migrated its Git service to GitHub. From the announcement: "As the world's largest Open Source foundation, the ASF's 200M+ lines of code are overseen by an all-volunteer community of 730 individual ASF Members and 7,000 Apache code committers. Over its 20 year history, 1,058,321,099 lines of code have been committed across 3,022,836 code commits." Of the migration, the ASF writes, "GitHub makes it easier for developers to work together, to solve challenging problems, and to create the world's most important technologies. The platform enables teams to host and review code, manage projects, and build software alongside 31M+ developers, 2M+ businesses and organizations, and across 100M+ repositories."
