Microsoft is taking over GitHub for $7.5 billion as part of one of the biggest acquisitions this year, and naturally, this has also become a hot topic for regular users, developers, and tech companies worldwide.As the largest code repository in the world, news of GitHub being purchased by Microsoft has been received with mixed reactions, with some warning that the software giant could make changes that would eventually alter the service in a substantial manner.
Diane Greene, CEO for Google's cloud businesses, says this is exactly the thing that Microsoft should avoid, admitting that she “wouldn’t have minded buying GitHub.”
“I hope they can leave them completely neutral,” she was quoted as saying. “I think that would be the thing to do after paying $7.5 billion.”
Greene says Google is the biggest contributor to GitHub, which according to statistics, has more than 57... (read more)
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