During its earnings call just a few days ago, Microsoft executives promised the company's $7.5 billion acquisition of the GitHub code repository would be closing shortly.

After a weekend of rumors, Microsoft officially announced Monday that it will acquire the code repository site GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. The platform is an important resource for some 28 ...

Microsoft announces that it is acquiring code repository GitHub for $7.5 billion, confirming the recent rumors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

SEE: GitHub Learning Lab app helps developers get better at using the platform (TechRepublic) Microsoft, in other words, doesn’t need to brute-force GitHub into driving Azure workloads.

While the Linux Foundation is clearly backing Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, there has been a mixed reaction in the development community. Some developers were shocked at the news, while ...

Microsoft announced on Monday that it would buy software development platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock, minting new billionaires in the process. Based on Forbes estimates, GitHub cofounder ...

Microsoft on Monday confirmed it has agreed to acquire GitHub, the top software-development platform in the world, for $7.5 billion in stock. It's not much of a stretch to see why, given Microsoft ...

Microsoft is buying developer love and a giant community with its $7.5 billion GitHub deal, and it can’t afford to mess it all up. Microsoft’s actions will determine if the community sticks ...

Microsoft just announced that it has acquired GitHub, the coding platform that is popular among software developers, in a deal worth $7.5 billion. The acquisition of GitHub’s estimated 85 ...

New reports out of Redmond this weekend have Microsoft set to purchase the popular coding site GitHub. Bloomberg is citing “people familiar with the matter,” stating that the deal could be ...

The rumors are true: Microsoft is buying GitHub, the online, open-source repository for code, for $7.5 billion in stock. "Microsoft is a developer-first company, and by joining forces with GitHub ...