18 comments

  • px1999 2 minutes ago
    Initially I thought this was a useless/dumb idea.

    On reflection, I like it - it's weird. Old internet weird. Like someone with a couple hundred bucks and some time on their hands wants to do something they think is fun or funny... it feels human. I think we need more of this. Extra points for using a sketchy o365 form that looks like a scam.

  • mikrl 47 minutes ago
    One Linux kernel please, the 87320be9f0d24fce67631b7eef919f0b79c3e45c vintage
    • Klonoar 31 minutes ago
      Finally, I can get Ubuntu on a CD.
    • penr0se 44 minutes ago
      Excellent choice, sir
  • joshawash 30 minutes ago
    This looks like some very finely crafted phishing.
  • jedbrooke 52 minutes ago
    > Supplies are limited, and the first 1,000 eligible submissions will receive one. Limit one per person. Availability may be limited by country or region.

    This seems quite limited to be a real product, but also quite a lot for seemingly what’s just a joke to mock Sony for ceasing blu-ray production.

    It’s worth mentioning that github does (did?) do some cool stuff with physical media archiving of code like the arctic project [1], but these CDs are burned, not pressed so they’ll only last around 10 years

    [1]: https://archiveprogram.github.com/arctic-vault

    • StilesCrisis 6 minutes ago
      Some poor intern is spending their summer burning CDs in a Redmond office building...
      • paxys 0 minutes ago
        Github is in San Francisco
    • calvinmorrison 37 minutes ago
      Not really cool. They ignored licenses and just stole people (my) code, and gave it to a 3rd party to reproduce for their own commercial uses.
  • dnlosx 21 minutes ago
    Is this a real Microsoft site, or just a form created by anyone trying to collect e-mail addresses and phone numbers to steal accounts?
  • schappim 22 minutes ago
    This seems like a wonderful way to get folk's private info. What's next, a Google Form offering to download your Gmail?
  • jedberg 57 minutes ago
    For those that missed it, Sony announced that Playstation will no longer support physical media. This is Microsoft ribbing them.
  • infinite_spin 57 minutes ago
    This feels like a tongue-in-cheek joke about playstation going diskless
  • xena 19 minutes ago
    I requested the code for Anubis, I'll keep you all updated on what I get!
  • cadamsdotcom 33 minutes ago
    Good time to still have a CD burner sitting around, business opportunities everywhere!

    Want your 200gb game shipped on 300-400 CDs? Just pay postage & handling ;)

  • skinfaxi 42 minutes ago
    Bold of them to call out another company when they haven't been doing well in the court of public opinion themselves lately.
  • tobinfekkes 1 hour ago
    Is this just a guise to get people to hand over their contact information? So it can be linked and associated with a GitHub profile?

    It's presented as an official Microsoft product (the link), but it's just a random public-facing form hosted on Microsoft Forms from Joe Schmoe.

  • yieldcrv 34 minutes ago
    > Offer valid from July 2, 2026 to July 6, 2026.

    Microsoft discontinuing physical copies after in one week

  • serious_angel 51 minutes ago
    Awesome! It is indeed a marvelous merchandize concept! An effortful work of ingenious ideas and great history... sealed in a iridescent CD and signed by a supportive holder of it on public...

    Thank you, for an awesome, relatively ingenious idea to preserve the history and highlight its significance in a human history, the love for discoveries and cooperation...

    I love it...

  • nimchimpsky 30 minutes ago
    [dead]
  • hartator 1 hour ago
    This is a wrong move on so many levels.
    • fishgoesblub 47 minutes ago
      Correct, HD DVD is the more obvious, and correct choice.
    • devmor 57 minutes ago
      Elaborate? It seems like a fun joke making light of Sony’s announcement this week.
      • codetiger 40 minutes ago
        For a min, I thought "Github is going to be dead soon, so get your backup"