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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by scarface74 on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:23AM (#17227484)
You have a company with deep pockets that can fund it as ongoing concern.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by pbhjpbhj on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:31AM (#17227567)
Going concerns are profitable. MS don't look to me like a company that wants to charitably support Github's userbase?
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by scarface74 on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:51AM (#17227792)
The Xbox division wasn't profitable for years and neither was (is?) Bing.
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Re:Microsoft acquires Github by hannasanarion on Monday June 04, 2018 @11:05AM (#17228420)
It's not charity, it's a loss leader.
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