#microsoft closes its $7.5B purchase of code-sharing platform GitHub
October 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
After getting EU approval a week ago, today Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, the Git-based code sharing and collaboration service with 31 million developers, has officially closed. The Redmond, WA-based software behemoth first said it would acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock in June of this year. The acquisition is yet another sign of how Microsoft […]