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Re:GitHub was talking to Google but went with Microsoft instead by TAForObvReasons on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:24PM (#17240582)
The GitHub story is complex. There was a time years ago when they were profitable: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/2486-bootstrapped-profitable-... They and Sidekiq were the poster children of bootstrapped profitable businesses around open source. Something very clearly changed (most likely raising a boatload from VC firms and the ensuing perils) that flipped the situation.
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Re:GitHub was talking to Google but went with Microsoft instead by scarface74 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:45PM (#17244221)
GitHub had thier first round of VC funding in 2012.

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/github

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