https://medium.com/@taha.kevin/actually-microsoft-github-is-a-huge-win-for-developers-3806eaf3f0ef > The rumors are true — Microsoft is acquiring Github for $7.5 billion dollars worth of stock, giving the iconic tech company control over the world’s largest open source community, one boasting over 28 million users and three times as many repositories. > The news is exciting, but if you follow many developer communities you might just think this pairing has outright apocalyptic implications. Even after just reading the headlines, the voices of outrage started coming through clearly, and thousands of people already started looking for alternatives.