Microsoft was reportedly acquiring GitHub, a software development platform, and could make an official announcement soon.
Microsoft has been in talks with acquiring GitHub, last valued at USD 2 Billion back in 2015, which was first reported by Business Insider. The details and terms of the acquisition are not disclosed in public.
Microsoft once opposed GitHub’s open-source software development but is now one of the biggest contributors to the company. It is also seen that the company has been moving towards an open-sourced platform ever since Satya Nadella took the Chief-Executive-Officer position.
GitHub is a software development platform that is being used worldwide by various kinds of institutions and companies. Even Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Google use its services as well, to push repositories.
time to move to gitlab, oh wait, i already did years ago!