In June last year, Microsoft announced that it would acquire the GitHub code share repository for a substantial sum of $7.5 billion. A week ago, the transaction was approved by the European Commission and classified as non-competitive. Now Microsoft has announced that it has officially completed the acquisition of GitHub.
The announcement was made by Microsoft corporate vice president and Xamarin founder Nat Friedman, who also assumed the role of GitHub’s new CEO. Friedman reaffirmed that GitHub will continue to operate independently and maintain its “product philosophy,” with developer priority. The executive continued by saying that it will ensure that GitHub is safe, reliable, accessible to developers and the main center for productive employees.
First, we will focus on the daily experiences with GitHub and fold our paper cutting project. We will improve the main scenarios like search, notifications, problems/projects, and our mobile experience. And, of course, we look forward to making GitHub Actions widely available.
It is our belief in the power of communities that we can all achieve more by working with others. Our vision is to serve all developers in the world by serving as the best place to develop software.
Since Microsoft had announced it would acquire the repository, some developers had concerns about how the code sharing repository would work under the leadership of the giant. However, apart from the general improvements, it seems that Microsoft does not intend to interfere too much in the daily operation of the platform. It will be interesting to see if this behavior changes in the future.
What do you think about the takeover of GitHub by Microsoft?