@GergelyOrosz: Such an odd marketing campaign. The fine print: they will burn a total of 1,000 CDs with any public repo you choose and…
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GitHub announces a marketing campaign offering to burn public repositories onto CD-ROMs, limited to 1,000 copies, with the author questioning the purpose.
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Such an odd marketing campaign.
The fine print: they will burn a total of 1,000 CDs with any public repo you choose and you get it a few weeks later
I don’t see the point unless there’s a joke I didn’t get
GitHub (@github): We heard you. And we agree.
In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM.
Keep it. Lend it to friends. Pass it on to your children.
Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it,
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