{"id":73589,"date":"2018-06-07T16:57:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T23:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/open.microsoft.com\/?p=73589"},"modified":"2025-01-29T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:13:17","slug":"github-acquisition-microsoft-commitment-open-source-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensource.microsoft.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/github-acquisition-microsoft-commitment-open-source-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub acquisition furthers Microsoft\u2019s commitment to open source"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=406917\">announced<\/a> an agreement to acquire GitHub, building on our partnership that has spanned the last several years. When the acquisition completes, GitHub will remain the independent and trusted, open environment that it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to being stewards of the GitHub community, which will retain its developer-first ethos, operate independently and remain an open platform,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2018\/06\/04\/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion\/\">CEO Satya Nadella in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cWe will always listen to developer feedback and invest in both fundamentals and new capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GitHub is home to 28 million developers and more than 85 million code repositories used by people in almost every country, <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/\">including Microsoft developers<\/a>. In fact, Microsoft is currently the most active organization on GitHub, with more than 2 million project commits, even hosting the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2017\/02\/microsoft-hosts-the-windows-source-in-a-monstrous-300gb-git-repository\/\">Windows source in a massive 300GB Git repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) team has <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/2018\/06\/04\/vsts-github\/\">worked closely with GitHub<\/a> in recent years on Git, as well as other open source projects, including libgit2, GVFS, and Git LFS. It\u2019s been a very successful partnership &#8212; one where both organizations contribute to the overall Git community and ensure that users have a great experience when using our combined products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMicrosoft is all-in on open source,\u201d said Nadella. \u201cWe have been on a journey with open source, and today we are active in the open source ecosystem, we contribute to open source projects, and some of our most vibrant developer tools and frameworks are open source.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on this news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/04\/microsoft-github-empowering-developers\/\">announcement<\/a> or the below media coverage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2018\/06\/05\/why-microsofts-acquisition-of-github-is-a-good-thing-for-developers\/\">Why Microsoft\u2019s acquisition of GitHub is a good thing for developers<\/a> by Venture Beat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/insider\/2018\/06\/04\/githubs-new-ceo-isnt-asking-for-your-trust-he-plans-to-earn-it\/\">GitHub\u2019s new CEO isn\u2019t asking for your trust, he plans to earn it<\/a> by The Next Web<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/2ba17784-6862-11e8-b6eb-4acfcfb08c11\">GitHub deal shows how much Microsoft has changed<\/a> by Financial Times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire GitHub, building on our partnership that has spanned the last several years. 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