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Microsoft Agrees to Acquire GitHub... for $7.5 Billion [Updated]

posted by chromas on Monday June 04 2018, @01:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the versionctlâ €-altâ €-del dept.

takyon writes:

[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.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Monday June 04 2018, @05:15PM (1 child)

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Monday June 04 2018, @05:15PM (#688440)

    How long until the user agreement for GitHub gets changed to include a clause that GitHub and it's associated companies, including MS, can use any code on the site for without compensation or notification to the original creator?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday June 04 2018, @07:37PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 04 2018, @07:37PM (#688527) Journal

    GitHub hosts private projects as well. For those, not gonna happen.
    For anything else, though...

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