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911 GitHub Thumbs Nose At Sony's Controversial End to Physical Media With Its Introduction of Repo CDs

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 07/07/2026 03:00 EDT

GitHub Thumbs Nose At Sony's Controversial End to Physical Media With Its Introduction of Repo CDs

GitHub is offering a limited run of 1,000 CD-ROM copies of public repositories as a pro-physical-media jab at Sony's plan to stop producing PlayStation game discs in 2028. Tom's Hardware reports: The coding and collaboration platform, owned by Microsoft, states that "In light of recent developments in physical media, GitHub is proud to announce that you can now obtain your public repo on CD-ROM." Moreover, it appeals to the human side of computing, adding the emotive line "Keep it. Lend it to friends. Pass.

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