GitHub's Acquisition by Microsoft: A Shift in Open Source Collaboration? The acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft, announced in June 2018, sent shockwaves through the software development community.
With a valuation of $7. 5 billion, it was one of the largest tech acquisitions of the year and marked a significant shift in the way open source collaboration is structured.
Understanding the Context of GitHub's Acquisition GitHub had become the central hub for open source collaboration, hosting millions of projects and repositories with over 40 million developers on its platform.