Git is p2p and distributed from day 1. Github is just a convenient website. If Microsoft takes down your repo, just upload to another system. Nothing but convenience will be lost.
Smoketoomuch: Yes, I'm sorry, I qan't say the letter 'B'.Bounder: C?Smoketoomuch: Yes, that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a sboolboy. I was attacked by a bat.Bounder: A cat?Smoketoomuch: No, a bat.."
The cat in the picture certainly isn't having his turn.