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  • Microsoft Buys GitHub, And Some People Are Pissed

    Microsoft Buys GitHub, And Some People Are Pissed

    Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty) Microsoft is officially buying Github, the internet’s largest source code repository, for a cool $US7.5 billion in stock, with Microsoft VP Nat Friedman assuming the role of GitHub’s CEO. The acquisition isn’t without its detractors, who say they are already ditching GitHub and looking elsewhere. Concern over GitHub’s management in the…