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wXR · 14 October 2016, 19:14

@Olaf

I don't doubt your concerns, but you lose me completely when you cite GitHub as a mere footnote. GitHub is no toy. You are clearly missing the most important thing about it, which is not something technical. GitHub provides a well-designed social network for software development. That is its greatest strength, and why it is the glue for almost all of today's most important projects. Without using it on a day-to-day basis, you wouldn't understand this at all. Indeed it might simply seem like a toy. But if you are really interested, I would strongly suggest that you participate in some active, open project hosted there. Only then will you have your own moment of gnosis.

14 October 2016, 19:14	#91
wXR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New York Posts: 552	@Olaf I don't doubt your concerns, but you lose me completely when you cite GitHub as a mere footnote. GitHub is no toy. You are clearly missing the most important thing about it, which is not something technical. GitHub provides a well-designed social network for software development. That is its greatest strength, and why it is the glue for almost all of today's most important projects. Without using it on a day-to-day basis, you wouldn't understand this at all. Indeed it might simply seem like a toy. But if you are really interested, I would strongly suggest that you participate in some active, open project hosted there. Only then will you have your own moment of gnosis.