Microsoft confirms it’s acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion

Considering this is a forum to share code, I thought it be a good place to post that it appears that Microsoft will purchase GiitHub for 7.5bil. I'm not sure how this will impact GitHub's future, but being Microsoft and all, I would imagine it will go to some sort of pay type of site.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal

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gecoz over 6 years ago +3

Hi Jon, Quoting from Satya Nadella's blog : ... Given all of this, together with GitHub, we see three clear opportunities ahead. First, we will empower developers at every stage of the development lifecycle…
genebren over 6 years ago +2

It will interesting to see where this goes. GitHub has been a useful site to many based on it's free usage, but it is hard to see Microsoft not wanting to generate a return on its investment. Time will…

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genebren over 6 years ago

It will interesting to see where this goes. GitHub has been a useful site to many based on it's free usage, but it is hard to see Microsoft not wanting to generate a return on its investment. Time will tell.
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genebren over 6 years ago

It will interesting to see where this goes. GitHub has been a useful site to many based on it's free usage, but it is hard to see Microsoft not wanting to generate a return on its investment. Time will tell.
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