REDMOND, Wash. — June 4, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform where more than 28 million developers learn, share and collaborate to create the future. Together, the two companies will empower developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerate enterprise use of GitHub, and bring Microsoft’s developer tools and services to new audiences.
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Re: Microsoft to acquire GitHub
As a result, GitLab has picked up the slack, having servers hosted in the Netherlands and Russia. Many people who don't want to be running stuff on MS systems are migrating: https://about.gitlab.com/