{"id":16087,"date":"2018-06-08T07:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/?p=16087"},"modified":"2018-06-08T07:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:29:19","slug":"github-to-join-microsoft-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/blog\/github-to-join-microsoft-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon of the Week: GitHub chooses Microsoft over Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, <strong>Microsoft\u00a0<\/strong>has reportedly acquired <strong>GitHub\u00a0<\/strong>for $7.5 billion \u2013 making it <strong>Microsoft\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>largest acquisition\u00a0<\/strong>after <strong>LinkedIn\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>Skype<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GitHub\u00a0<\/strong>is an <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exoplatform.com\/technology\/\">open-source<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>code repository well known among developers for hosting projects, documentation and code. Tech companies such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www-upgrade.exoplatform.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/09\/cisco-apple-aon-and-allianz-collaborate-on-cybersecurity-exo-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Amazon and Google use it and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-upgrade.exoplatform.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/27\/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-to-join-starbucks-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>even hosts its original Windows file manager source code on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-06-03\/microsoft-is-said-to-have-agreed-to-acquire-coding-site-github\" class=\"broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reports<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>say that <strong>GitHub\u00a0<\/strong>chose Microsoft because of <strong>CEO Satya Nadella\u00a0<\/strong>and dismissed Google, which had also been talking about a potential acquisition several weeks ago. It seems like <strong>Microsoft\u00a0<\/strong>is doing everything it takes to keep Google away from its upcoming plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadella\u00a0<\/strong>said: \u2018<strong>Microsoft\u00a0<\/strong>is a developer-first company and by joining forces with <strong>GitHub<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With that, and its ownership of <strong>LinkedIn<\/strong>, we can tell that <strong>Microsoft\u00a0<\/strong>is strengthening its position within the tech industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/exoplatform\/cartoon-of-the-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-pin-do=\"embedBoard\" data-pin-scale-width=\"80\" data-pin-scale-height=\"200\" data-pin-board-width=\"400\" target=\"_blank\">Follow eXo Platform&#8217;s board Cartoon of the Week on Pinterest.<\/a><script src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, Microsoft\u00a0has reportedly acquired GitHub\u00a0for $7.5 billion \u2013 making it Microsoft\u2019s largest acquisition\u00a0after LinkedIn\u00a0and Skype. 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