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For Microsoft, they are all under the same Microsoft account. So I guess these big boys have special contracts.

• nathantotten 10y ago
  MS has many different orgs. Example: https://github.com/Azure https://github.com/Azure
  • skynode 10y ago
    Another example: https://github.com/dotnet https://github.com/dotnet
  • chrisper 10y ago
    Interesting. Though I'm sure it's still tied to the same customer account, no?
• jeffwilcox 10y ago
  If we were only doing pure open source, public repos, there would be no cost to us ($0). The truth is that we actually do pay, as we have private repositories. We ask that people prepare their initial open source releases during a 30-day window - making sure they have a decent README file, the right LICENSE, Code of Conduct, etc. Full disclosure, I work at Microsoft within our Open Source Programs Office and I own our billing relationship with GitHub for the large organizations including Microsoft, Azure, etc. We pay via a yearly invoice for a set level of services today but we're always looking for better ways to collaborate with GitHub!