It’s official, GitHub is now owned by Microsoft

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Published onOctober 26, 2018

published onOctober 26, 2018

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After the EUapproved Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHublast week, Nat Friedman, CEO of GitHub announced today that the company is now officially owned by Microsoft. The Redmond giant spent$7.5 billion in stockto acquire the web-based hosting service earlier this year, but just like LinkedIn, GitHub will continue to operate independently as a company.

“We will start by focusing on the daily experience of using GitHub and will double down on our paper cuts project,” Friedmanwrotetoday. “We will improve core scenarios like search, notifications, issues/projects, and our mobile experience. And of course we are excited to make GitHub Actions broadly available,” he continued.

Back in June, the initial acquisition announcement was met with some hostility from developers, but that apparently didn’t impact GitHub’s business. As spotted byGeekwire, GitHub actually gained 3 million developers since June, and has now crossed 31 million users overall.

“Our vision is to serve every developer on the planet, by being the best place to build software,” said Friedman. “This is a dream opportunity for all of us at GitHub, and we couldn’t be more excited to roll up our sleeves and start this next chapter.”

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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