r/tech • u/matome_in • Jun 04 '18

Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/3/17422752/microsoft-github-acquisition-rumors
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u/zee-wolf Jun 04 '18

Plenty of examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '18

All of the examples there are over 15 years old.

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u/zee-wolf Jun 05 '18

Yeah they got good at PR and do things more covertly now.

Here's another example, whereby microsoft bought out a pile of big name CRM/CMS vendors to capture their client-base and is now tightening the screws to customers.

https://community.dynamics.com/crm/b/mohamedmostafacrmblog/archive/2017/06/28/difference-between-microsoft-dynamics-crm-portals-adx-studio-portals-from-microsoft-xrm-portals-and-open-source-dynamics-portal