[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, Informative) by choose another one on Monday June 04 2018, @07:14PM (1 child)
> Always stay one step ahead of the Borg,
You know GitLab is hosted on Borg Azure right? Or at least it was (not sure if they've finished moving it into Romulan space yet).
(Score: 2) by Apparition on Monday June 04 2018, @11:39PM
So if Microsoft is the Borg, and Google are Romulans, does that make Apple the Ferengi?