04-06-2018, 04:59 PM
Microsoft Will Acquire Coding Site GitHub
By Dina Bass , Eric Newcomer , and Mark Bergen
June 4, 2018, 2:26 AM GMT+8 Updated on June 4, 2018, 1:37 PM GMT+8
For Microsoft Corp., acquiring GitHub Inc. would be both a return to the company’s earliest roots and a sharp turnaround from where it was a decade ago.
The software maker has agreed to acquire GitHub, the code-repository company popular with many software developers, and could announce the deal as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft’s origin story lies in the market for software-development tools. Decades before former Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer jumped up and down on a stage, cheering for "developers, developers, developers," Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-founded the company to give hobbyists a way to program a new micro-computer kit, the MITS Altair.
More details in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ite-github
By Dina Bass , Eric Newcomer , and Mark Bergen
June 4, 2018, 2:26 AM GMT+8 Updated on June 4, 2018, 1:37 PM GMT+8
For Microsoft Corp., acquiring GitHub Inc. would be both a return to the company’s earliest roots and a sharp turnaround from where it was a decade ago.
The software maker has agreed to acquire GitHub, the code-repository company popular with many software developers, and could announce the deal as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
Microsoft’s origin story lies in the market for software-development tools. Decades before former Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer jumped up and down on a stage, cheering for "developers, developers, developers," Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-founded the company to give hobbyists a way to program a new micro-computer kit, the MITS Altair.
More details in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ite-github