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Microsoft is the largest contributor to open source on Github already...much higher than even Google. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-top-contributors-to-g

• mda 8y ago
  But Google is a much larger contributor and patron to open source.
  • WorldMaker 8y ago
    Not on GitHub, according to GitHub's own metrics. Microsoft-affiliated accounts contributed more than Google's multiple organization accounts combined, in commit-count, number of projects/repositories contributed to, number of lines contributed. Admittedly, such quantity metrics are not great for apples-to-apples comparisons of code quality and "patronage", but metrics are still the closest approximation we have to actions over marketing spin.
    • mda 8y ago
      Even on github (which does not include giant codebases like chrome and android) I would argue Googles contributions are more influental.