https://www.pcgamer.com/microsoft-is-making-a-giant-open-source-play-by-acquiring-github-for-dollar75-billion/ > Flickr via Ben Scholzen. Click for original. > The rumors you may have heard over the weekend about Microsoft acquiring GitHub in a massive transaction were true. Microsoft confirmed today that it plans on buying the world's leading software development platform for $7.5 billion, which as The Verge points out is Microsoft's second largest transaction (after LinkedIn) since Satya Nadella took the helm, replacing former boss Steve Ballmer.