You are not getting the point. MS will integrate Github with MS Ecosystem ( Azure , .NET , VSTS etc.. ) as described in their slides. From this point there i

You are not getting the point. MS will integrate Github with MS Ecosystem ( Azure , .NET , VSTS etc.. ) as described in their slides. From this point there is two possibility A - They open every single new API they use as well as UI/UX API so other providers can integrate themself to Github B - They don't open (or partially) those new API and Azure/MS Ecosystem will be the de facto providers for every single stuff that is possible in github. You will end up with a "Open in [Insert Microsoft Products]" buttons and you won't be able to change that , third party providers won't be able to appear here as well. Github would have never done in the first place because they were independant , now every single stuff they do will have to be linked one way or another to MS. Watch the slides , everything is very well described. https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https://c.s-microsoft.com/en-us/CMSFiles/calldeck.pptx?version=f3eef72b-35d3-95b2-4fda-73a47f805c7f https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https://c....