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GitHub offers CD-ROMs of public repositories following Sony's physical media phase-out
GitHub, owned by Microsoft, is offering users the ability to archive their public repositories on CD-ROMs, coinciding with Sony's decision to phase out physical media for its next console.
Key points
- GitHub is providing a limited-time service to burn public repositories onto CD-ROMs.
- The initiative follows Sony's announcement to discontinue physical media for its upcoming console.
- GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft, which has faced rumors of phasing out physical media for its next console.
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PC Gamer'Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it, let's be real': Github, wagging its finger at Sony's own goal, is offering CD-ROMs of your code for a few days
DestructoidMicrosoft-owned GitHub offers coders chance to put their work on a disc in response to Sony’s decision to kill physical media