Today, we announced a deal to acquire @GitHub. Here’s why that matters:
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Developers are the builders of this new era, writing the world’s code. GitHub is their home. It has 28 million members.
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From the largest corporations to the smallest startups, GitHub is the destination for developers to learn, share and work together to create software.
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It’s a destination for Microsoft too. We are currently the most active organization on GitHub, with more than two million “commits,” or updates, made to projects.
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Microsoft has been a developer-focused company from the very first product we created to the platforms and tools we offer today.
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Building technology so that others can build technology is core to our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
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Our commitment is to be stewards of the GitHub community, which will retain its developer-first ethos, operate independently, and remain an open platform.
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Together we will continue to advance GitHub as a platform loved by developers and trusted by enterprises.
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