GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
A purported jab of Sony’s physical media phase-out blows up on GitHub itself.
You’re too late! Monday was the last day to score your own free CD of your GitHub repository, which the Microsoft-owned subsidiary offered to mail to the first 1,000 people who asked.
But as of noon eastern time, that offer has been withdrawn (if it was ever genuine) after sparking confusion and ridicule.
Last Thursday, GitHub issued a short notice on X extending an offer:
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, let's be real.
Order yours today.
What “recent developments” the company referred to is anyone’s guess, though it implied that it came about as some sort of...
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