Microsoft buys another Web favorite for $7.5 B - GoFuckYourself.com

$5 submissions · 06-14-2018, 01:59 PM

What do you guys think? Good deal? Or bum deal like Skype?

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Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock last week, the third largest in Microsoft’s history behind Skype ($8.5B) and LinkedIn ($26.2B). Microsoft paid 30x GitHub’s annual revenue, nearly 5x what they paid for LinkedIn back in 2016. 😮

We all get anxious when our favorite product is gobbled up by a giant — especially one like Microsoft, who has a history of embracing brands... only to destroy them later. Sunrise, a wildly popular calendar app, and Mailbox, a stunning email client, are now both headstones in big tech’s digital graveyard.

There’s serious concern that Microsoft could use the acquisition to advance its own interests at the expense of GitHub’s dedicated community. Maybe they put up LinkedIn-style paywalls. Or, maybe...

Bladewire · 06-14-2018, 02:03 PM

Sucks

Oh fucking great! microsoft aquires github

RyuLion · 06-14-2018, 02:17 PM

As long as their programmers don't touch the coding, it'll be ok..

OneHungLo · 06-14-2018, 02:29 PM

Well the stock has been on a tear so this is probably good for shareholders that they're using their stockpile of cash.

celandina · 06-15-2018, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by $5 submissions

What do you guys think? Good deal? Or bum deal like Skype?

Not directly related, but here is the answer to the fundamental question many have asked here in different threads...." what is my site worth...?"

The answer is ( if you have something people want) 30 x your annual revenue...

brassmonkey · 06-15-2018, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RyuLion

As long as their programmers don't touch the coding, it'll be ok..

are you fucking kidding??? they are in my comp almost daily changing shit. on top of that they un deleted some things i had deleted and tried to download it.

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Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	Sucks Oh fucking great! microsoft aquires github __________________ Skype: CallTomNow

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RyuLion ClubDomCash.com Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 32,184	As long as their programmers don't touch the coding, it'll be ok.. __________________ Adult Biz Consultant A tech head since 1995

06-14-2018, 02:29 PM	#4
OneHungLo So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Your mom's front hole Posts: 40,906	Well the stock has been on a tear so this is probably good for shareholders that they're using their stockpile of cash.