[Update 20180604 @ 14:00 UTC: Acquisition confirmed. Microsoft is paying $7.5 billion in stock. Coverage at Microsoft, Security Week, The Register, and The Verge. Also, see the Microsoft blog post. --martyb]
Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub
Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub, and could announce the deal as early as Monday. Bloomberg reports that the software giant has agreed to acquire GitHub, and that the company chose Microsoft partly because of CEO Satya Nadella. Business Insider first reported that Microsoft had been in talks with GitHub recently.
Time to move off GitHub?
Previously: Microsoft Holds Acquisition Talks with Github
An AC also submitted Bloomberg's article.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by BsAtHome on Monday June 04 2018, @01:58PM (2 children)
I noticed... moving now
(Score: 5, Informative) by riT-k0MA on Monday June 04 2018, @02:31PM (1 child)
I forgot to mention:
Gitlab is hosted by Azure. For now. They'll be moving to Google Cloud "soon".
(Score: 4, Insightful) by SanityCheck on Monday June 04 2018, @08:05PM
Shit soup either way.