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06-04-2018, 07:29 AM
Microsoft reportedly buys code-sharing site GitHub
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The developer platform GitHub, which is widely used for storing, sharing, and collaborating on code, will apparently soon be a Microsoft company.
Microsoft has reportedly acquired the San Francisco-based hosting service and might announce the deal as soon as Monday, a Bloomberg report (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-03/microsoft-is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github) said, according to "people familiar with the matter."
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Murmurs about the acquisition bubbled up late last week as the CEO-less GitHub (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-to-step-down/#3422e0009ead) was reportedly in talks (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/microsoft--github-acquisition-talks-resume.html) with Microsoft about a sale. Its co-founder, Tom Preston-Werner, resigned in 2014 (https://mashable.com/2014/04/21/github-president-resigns/) after harassment allegations surfaced. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/03/microsoft-github-acquistion/)
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The developer platform GitHub, which is widely used for storing, sharing, and collaborating on code, will apparently soon be a Microsoft company.
Microsoft has reportedly acquired the San Francisco-based hosting service and might announce the deal as soon as Monday, a Bloomberg report (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-03/microsoft-is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github) said, according to "people familiar with the matter."
SEE ALSO: New Slack add-on will surely ruin your coworkers’ day (https://mashable.com/2018/04/26/slack-add-on-prank/)
Murmurs about the acquisition bubbled up late last week as the CEO-less GitHub (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-to-step-down/#3422e0009ead) was reportedly in talks (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/microsoft--github-acquisition-talks-resume.html) with Microsoft about a sale. Its co-founder, Tom Preston-Werner, resigned in 2014 (https://mashable.com/2014/04/21/github-president-resigns/) after harassment allegations surfaced. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/03/microsoft-github-acquistion/)
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