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You dont pay 2 Billion, and leave it untouched, they see an earnings potential in the company given the right management and shareholders expect ROI that is hig
by zackya89 8y ago
You dont pay 2 Billion, and leave it untouched, they see an earnings potential in the company given the right management and shareholders expect ROI that is higher then the average market return
- mikece 8y agoThe earnings are getting people who already have code in GitHub to also buy into Visual Studio App Center, Azure, all other Microsoft value-adds. By not leaving GitHub untouched otherwise reduces the chances of spooking the current patrons of GitHub. Makes nothing but sense to me.
- the_duke 8y agoThanks for this comment. Most of the discussio here is just centered around Microsofts goodwill and trustworthiness, mostly ignoring that MS wouldn't make this investment without a solid plan and path to profitability. That doesn't have to be bad per se, I guess there are a lot of options like integrating Github well with Azure and providing alternatives to AWS CodeCommit / pipelines, ...
- oculusthrift 8y agoMicrosoft can monetize the data in a way that github themselves couldn’t. It can also afford to lose money for strategic reasons.