Microsoft paid a lot for GitHub, because it had to pay directly for access to developers. It doesn’t have the leverage of users the way that Apple does on the App Store.
Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers - The Official Microsoft Blog
Today, we announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform. I want to share what this acquisition will mean for our industry and for developers. The era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is upon us. Computing is becoming embedded in the world, with every part of our daily life...
A bright future for GitHub
Together, GitHub and Microsoft will work to make software development easier, more accessible, more intelligent, and more open.
GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
GitHub
GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
GitHub
GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
Why freemium apps suck for everyone (and how Apple is killing paid apps)
I work on an iPhone app called Reps & Sets as a hobby project in my spare time. This week, my partner and I came to the conclusion that there is no
Why GitHub Finally Abandoned Its Bossless Workplace
The software maker, which once prided itself on a flat corporate environment similar to Valve and Zappos, finds that workers can benefit from a little direction.
Tim Sweeney on Twitter / X
Finally, American developers will be free to compete with Apple’s App Store and payment systems here at home!A solid move to free the United States from the crony capitalist intentions of Big Tech and Big Law. https://t.co/7NXHiQxhEf— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 1, 2025
Why Microsoft needed to make Windows run Linux software
And how it could leapfrog Apple as the dev platform of choice.
Why Funding Open Source is Hard
tl;dr: Either developers need to change, or GitHub needs to change
GitHub lock-in?
There has been a lot of noise recently on how GitHub is bad, and how developers should stop using it.
GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub
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GitHub says individuals and orgs have invested $100M+ in open source maintainers and projects via GitHub Sponsors since 2019, with $10M in the past five months (Stephanie Lincoln/The GitHub Blog) github.blog/open-source/maintainers/100-m… | techmeme.com/260721/p3#a260721p3
