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I must ask, if it wasn't profitable on Sunday what changes today?

• scarface74 8y ago
  You have a company with deep pockets that can fund it as ongoing concern.
  • pbhjpbhj 8y ago
    Going concerns are profitable. MS don't look to me like a company that wants to charitably support Github's userbase?
    • scarface74 8y ago
      The Xbox division wasn't profitable for years and neither was (is?) Bing.
    • hannasanarion 8y ago
      It's not charity, it's a loss leader.
• dingo_bat 8y ago
  What's changed is that their new owner doesn't care.
• amyjess 8y ago
  Microsoft has a potent B2B sales org. By combining GitHub's product with Microsoft's sales infrastructure, they can sell in ways that neither could do on their own.
• darkarmani 8y ago
  They have access to MS' enterprise sales and support pipeline.