Microsoft is putting AI Copilots in everything.

 Decoder, here.

The Schism at the Heart of the Open-Source Movement

The Atlantic, here.

Microsoft’s GitHub mulls expansion in China

The Economist, here. 

IBM Bets $34 Billion That Red Hat Can Help It Catch Amazon and Microsoft

NYTimes, here. 

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

TechCrunch, here. 

Microsoft/GitHub

Decision here.

GitHub is now officially a part of Microsoft

ArsTechnica, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft

EC, here.

Microsoft's $7.5 billion GitHub deal set for EU approval - sources

Reuters, here. 

EU antitrust ruling on Microsoft buy of GitHub due by October 19

Reuters, here. 

Microsoft-GitHub Deal Poses New ‘Data Eavesdropping’ Questions

Bloomberg, here and here. 

Microsoft will ‘lose developers for a generation’ if it stuffs up GitHub, says future CEO

The Register, here. 

Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion, Moving to Grow in Coding’s New Era

NYTimes, here. 

GitHub users are already fuming about the company’s sale to Microsoft for $7.5bn

Quartz, here.
Heise.de, hier: "Mal losgelöst von steuerlichen Erwägungen, die aus Microsoft-Sicht für die Akquisition sprechen, mag es für die Redmonder wohl auch darum gehen, die riesige Zahl der registrierten GitHub-Anwender – die Rede ist von 27 Millionen – zu den eigenen Angeboten insbesondere im Azure-Umfeld zu locken. Wie verheißend mag für Microsoft ein direkt aus GitHub nach Azure führender Deploy-Button sein!"

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