https://thenextweb.com/dd/2018/06/08/githubs-new-ceo-promises-to-save-atom-post-microsoft-acquisition/ > Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion, and the installation of Xamarin co-founder Nat Friedman as the social coding platform’s new CEO. > It goes without saying that this wasn’t entirely welcomed by the community, particularly by those who remember Microsoft’s antitrust days of the 1990’s.