#microsoft Buys #github : What Next ?
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On June 4, 2018, Microsoft confirmed that it is going to buy GitHub, the world’s leading platform for hosting open source projects. The acquisition news sent cold chills across the developer community, with many expressing disquiet at the infringement of the corporate company on open source affairs.So, what is the future of GitHub? Will Microsoft uphold the platform’s core values? Is this the beginning of the end of GitHub?GitHub’s woesSince its establishment in 2008, GitHub has grown to be the biggest host of source code in the world. The website has more than 28 million users and 85 million code repositories pushed by developers in almost every country.Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and other big technology companies depend on GitHub for collaboration and creating software. In fact, (...)