https://www.reuters.com/article/us-github-inc-m-a-microsoft-corp/microsoft-to-take-on-amazon-with-7-5-billion-github-deal-idUSKCN1J01N1 >Microsoft Corp  said on Monday it would buy privately held coding website GitHub Inc for $7.5 billion in an all-stock deal to beef up its cloud computing business and challenge market leader Amazon.com Inc .