Acquired

Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub

We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software world since well, open source software: Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5B in stock. How did we get here? What does it mean for software developers going forward? And most importantly, why is there a creepy half-cat / half-octopus plastered all over everything? As always, Acquired has the answers.Sponsors: ServiceNow: <a href="https://bit.ly/acqsnaiagents">https://bit.ly/acqsnaiagents</a> Huntress: <a href="https://bit.ly/acqhuntress">https://bit.ly/acqhuntress</a> Vanta: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta">https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta</a> More Acquired!:<a href="https://www.acquired.fm/email">Get email updates</a> with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes<a href="http://acquired.fm/slack">Join the Slack</a><a href="https://pod.link/acquiredlp">Subscribe to ACQ2</a><a href="https://www.acquired.fm/store">Merch Store</a>!© Copyright 2015-2024 ACQ, LLC Carve Outs:Ben: <a href="http://cdixon.org/2013/08/04/the-idea-maze/">The Idea Maze</a> by Chris DixonDavid: <a href="http://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2018/5/21/invisible-asymptotes">Invisible Asymptotes</a> by Eugene Wei

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