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Making Sense Of Microsoft's Massive GitHub Deal
- Stratechery, Wednesday, June 6, 2018 11:22 PM
Well-regarded tech analyst Ben Thompson posits a pretty convincing explanation for Microsoft’s agreement to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion. “Lacking a platform with sufficient users to attract developers, Microsoft has to ‘acquire’ developers directly through superior tooling and now, with GitHub, a superior cloud offering with a meaningful amount of network effects,” he writes.
