[microtonal]

I think most people will have a 'wait and see' attitude. Moving git repositories is easy and issues, etc. can be downloaded through the GitHub API.

It may well be that Microsoft doesn't radically alter the direction of GitHub and that will be acceptable to most people.

(I would prefer a fully FLOSS solution, but GitHub has huge benefits in terms of network effects.)

[tmpz22]

I think if Github does one or two huge updates that are really well received post-acquisition, preferably the kind of updates only possible with a tech giant behind you, they will secure their position for a long time. For most users Github still has the best product - how people are forgetting that is beyond me.

[michaelmrose]

"preferably the kind of updates only possible with a tech giant behind you"

What kinds of these? Its never been the case that 25% more engineers means 25% more progress and github is a mature product made by a company that already employees a signifiant staff.

The logical thing would be not to piss off the existing users and use github to add value to existing Microsoft properties. So some new integration with Microsoft things?

[tmpz22]

Expanding the Github Education package, integrating Github offerings with the Spark program, applying Bing search expertise to Github code search, creating a more flexible pricing model for hobbyist users, expanding their free offering, creating better Desktop/mobile applications for Github services (better the the open source ones currently available at least).

[atonse]

Not sure how much more "tech giant behind you" github needed. They are already a pretty large company for what they do.