alt Hacker NewsI won't "defend" Microsoft in this case, but I am always annoyed by phrases like "world's biggest billion-dollar businesses... bablah".
Their size or past misbehaviors shouldn't be relevant to this discussion. Bringing those up feels a bit like an ad hominem. Whether criticism is valid should depend entirely on how GitHub Actions actually works and how it compares to similar services.
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Sl1mb0 • today at 12:38 PM
Microsoft's past behavior _may_ explain *why* there is a lack of investment in Github Actions; so yes, TheFeelz are relevant.
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wizzwizz4 • today at 12:46 PM
> Their size or past misbehaviors shouldn't be relevant to this discussion.
If the past misbehaviours are exactly the same shape, there's not all that much point re-hashing the same discussion with the nouns renamed.
Ad hominem applies to people. Corporations aren’t people, and ICs aren’t corporations.