Well, yeah, I support that move fully; away from GitHub, because of: Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition - The Official Microsoft Blog
^^ And, you know (for example), of course they did, GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 available as a release candidate! - The GitHub Blog
Yessir, been using Pidgin (ok, I know; more of a habit, that’s why :)) and the OTR encryption to go along with it: mostly due to simplicity.