Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub

We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest
announcement in the open source software world since well, open
source software: Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5B in stock.
How did we get here? What does it mean for software developers
going forward? And most importantly, why is there a creepy
half-cat / half-octopus plastered all over everything? As always,
Acquired has the answers.


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Carve Outs:


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