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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 versionctl⠀-alt⠀-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: 3, Insightful) by FatPhil on Monday June 04 2018, @03:13PM (3 children)

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday June 04 2018, @03:13PM (#688400) Homepage
    Did you ever think there was anything noble and special about GitHub? What made you think they'd not want to get a dominant market position and then sell to the highest bidder, just like every other tech startup? This doesn't even register as a blip on my surprisometer.
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  • (Score: 0, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 04 2018, @05:13PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 04 2018, @05:13PM (#688439)

    the op didn't say they were surprised, ya douche.

    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday June 05 2018, @06:37AM (1 child)

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday June 05 2018, @06:37AM (#688742) Homepage
      His post literally states that he didn't see this coming and wasn't expecting it. Do you have *any* reading comprehension skills?
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      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @08:18AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 05 2018, @08:18AM (#688760)

        It literally states that they were having a good day and then this happened. It doesn't even "literally state" that it made their day worse (it could have made it better). There is no mention of surprise or shock at the event.

        So the question is.. did you respond to the wrong post?