GitHub is now officially a part of Microsoft

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satyan@redmond:~/src$ git checkout -b microsoft-acquisitionsSwitched to a new branch 'microsoft-acquisitions'satyan@redmond:~/src$ scp satyan@github.com:/github .satyan@redmond:~/src$ git add githubsatyan@redmond:~/src$ git commit -m "Microsoft announced in June that it> was buying the Git repository and collaboration platform GitHub for > $7.5 billion in stock. That acquisition has received all the necessary > regulatory approvals and has now completed. Nat Friedman, formerly of> Xamarin, will take the role as GitHub CEO on Monday.>> The news of the acquisition sent ripples through the open source world,> as GitHub has become the home for a significant number of open source> projects. We argued at the time that the sale was likely one of> necessity and that of all the possible suitors, Microsoft was the best> one due to common goals and shared interests. Friedman at the time> sought to reassure concerned open source developers that the intent was> to make GitHub even better at being GitHub and that he would work to> earn the trust of the GitHub community. Those views were reiterated> today.>> Since then, Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network, a patent> cross-licensing group that promises royalty free licenses for any patents> that apply to the Linux kernel or other essential open source packages.> This was a bold move that largely precludes Redmond from asserting its> patents against Android and should mean that the company will no longer> receive royalties from smartphone manufacturers.>> Sources close to the matter tell us that Microsoft's decision to join> OIN was driven in no small part by the GitHub acquisition. GitHub is> already a member of OIN, which left Microsoft with only a few options:> withdraw GitHub from OIN, a move that would inevitably upset the open> source world; acquire GitHub as some kind of arm's length subsidiary> such that GitHub's OIN obligations could not possibly apply to> Microsoft; or join OIN too, as the most straightforward approach that> also bolstered the company's open source reputation. Microsoft took> the third option."[microsoft-acquisitions baadf00d] Microsoft announced...1 file changed, billions of insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)satyan@redmond:~/src$ git checkout microsoft-corpSwitched to branch 'microsoft-corp'satyan@redmond:~/src$ git merge microsoft-acquisitionsUpdating cafef00d..baadf00dFast-forward billions-of-files | billions ++++++++++++satyan@redmond:~/src$ git branch -d microsoft-acquisitions

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