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from the good-business-or-something-else dept.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/06/01/microsoft--github-acquisition-talks-resume.html
Microsoft held talks in the past few weeks to acquire software developer platform GitHub, Business Insider reports.
One person familiar with the discussions between the companies told CNBC that they had been considering a joint marketing partnership valued around $35 million, and that those discussions had progressed to a possible investment or outright acquisition. It is unclear whether talks are still ongoing, but this person said that GitHub's price for a full acquisition was more than Microsoft currently wanted to pay.
GitHub was last valued at $2 billion in its last funding round 2015, but the price tag for an acquisition could be $5 billion or more, based on a price that was floated last year.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 03 2018, @12:47AM
Instead of focusing on their core business, their entire ecosystem now reeks of mediocrity.
Heaven forbid they actually fix issues with their ENTIRE product range first. Microsoft would yet again be a force.
Instead they are pushing their way into irrelevance.
This shit will continue while that stupid ape nadalla is at the helm.