Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by ovao on Sunday June 03, 2018 @10:54PM (#17224207)

*30%

Microsoft's revenue split for the Windows Store is an identical 30%[0] (in most cases). There is, of course, the benefit of not having to pay any annual registration fees on Microsoft's platform.

[0]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/agreements/ap...

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by 013a on Sunday June 03, 2018 @11:46PM (#17224436)

Negative. They just announced that developers will receive 95% of revenue for non-games when customers purchase via a deep link, or 85% when its purchased through a discovery mechanism Microsoft provides [1]. Going into affect later this year.

[1] https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/05/07/a-new-micr...

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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by ovao on Monday June 04, 2018 @12:21PM (#17229403)

That's good to know. This only applies to what Microsoft calls "consumer non-gaming apps", however. Games and presumably what Microsoft considers professional apps are still subject to the existing fee structure.

For the time being, my comment stands.

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