{"id":1021,"date":"2018-10-29T19:15:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T19:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2018-10-29T19:15:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T19:15:34","slug":"microsoft-ends-with-github-acquisition-for-billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drekky.mtstrives.com\/ta\/microsoft-ends-with-github-acquisition-for-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft ends with GitHub acquisition for $7.5 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s purchase of GitHub for $7.5 billion has now officially gone through and GitHub is part of the Microsoft family.<\/p>\n

The open-source software company GitHub will continue to remain independent\u00a0while under Microsoft\u2019s umbrella, like LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

Just four months into Microsoft\u2019s fiscal year, the company has spent more on acquisitions than it has in many entire years in the past.<\/p>\n

Nat Friedman, former CEO of Xamarin (acquired by Microsoft in 2016), is taking over as GitHub\u2019s CEO, Microsoft said in their official blog<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

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In GitHub blog post<\/a> on Friday, Friedman said that \u201cI\u2019ve spent the past few months meeting with hundreds of developers as I prepared for this role, from maintainers to startups to large businesses,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

GitHub would operate independently as a community, platform, and business.<\/p>\n

So, developers will continue to be able to use the programming languages, tools and operating systems of their choice for their projects \u2014 and will still be able to deploy their code to any operating system, any Cloud and any device.<\/p>\n

“Our vision is to serve every developer on the planet, by being the best place to build software. This is a dream opportunity for all of us at GitHub, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited to roll up our sleeves and start this next chapter”, he added.<\/p>\n

By far, Microsoft\u2019s biggest year for Merges and Acquisition spending was 2017, when the tech giant completed its $26.2 billion LinkedIn acquisition.<\/p>\n

Microsoft thinks \u201cMicrosoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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