Microsoft on Monday announced plans to acquire software developer platform GitHub in a deal valued at $7.5 billion.
GitHub was valued at $2 billion in its last funding round in 2015, though it has yet to turn a profit.
Microsoft has seen its once-dominant Windows unit slip in market share in recent years, spurring a cloud-first reorganization and sending Microsoft looking for alternatives to court developers.
EEE? Microsoft turned into a piece of shit nobody wants but everyone is lumbered with. I bet they claim anything on git is now thier ip to use as they please. Stay far away from git if you don't already. Didn't google already steal people's code and delete thier data on googledocs before? Why yes they did.
Jonathan Johnson
Just to make sure there are no misunderstandings: Git ≠ GitHub
GitHub is just a project hosting site that uses Git under the hood. Git itself is decentralized, you can use Git by moving stuff around on floppy drives if you want to.
On topic, fuck GitHub, I hope Satan Nutella poops all over their streets.
Luke Fisher
fucc
Joseph Mitchell
damn jews
Samuel Murphy
Maybe MSFT will boot all the rainbow hairs out and refocus the company to do something useful. There's no way github needs 650+ employees.
Jacob Moore
I know I will get shit for this but I love Microsoft and think they will be great owners for GitHub.
Ryan Bennett
I'm unable to receive a confirmation email from GitLab. Not good for GitLab. This is a critical time to gain more users in light of the recent Microsoft acquisition of GayHub.