If you’re wondering why Microsoft needed GitHub & why GitHub needed Microsoft, there’s several reasons, but at the core of it is the fact that putting GitHub together with the power of Microsoft Azure is a 1+1=3.
Every GitHub developer has to download, compile, test, edit & post their code to the service. Doing all of this locally on one’s own development system is a waste of productivity when you can:
- keep code in GitHub
- compile code in the cloud
- orchestrate the creation of test environments (VMs & cloud services) – entirely in the cloud
- access rentable devices like iPhones, Samsung Galaxy, etc. with different OS revisions for test use in the cloud (Xamarin Test Cloud)
- test one’s code in the cloud
- edit code in the cloud
- lather rinse repeat – all online
- save revisions in GitHub
GitHub gets direct access to the world’s largest, most powerful cloud & Microsoft gets more potential users of Microsoft Azure.
…GitHub+Microsoft means more productive developers.
For more resources around this acquisition, check out the following link:
- GitHub+Microsoft Resources:
https://view.pointdrive.linkedin.com/presentations/963289ec-c65f-493a-9d52-30e79a7f727d?auth=69ecaf58-d8db-4ba3-880e-c417f14b00ff
Here are some great articles explaining why this acquisition is important:
- BUSINESS INSIDER: “Microsoft is buying GitHub for $7.5 billion — here’s why it’s a smart move for Microsoft in the cloud wars with Amazon”
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-microsoft-should-buy-github-2018-6 - GEEKWIRE: “Why would Microsoft want GitHub? Developers, developers, developers ― and the cloud”
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/microsoft-want-github-developers-developers-developers-―-cloud/ - ARS TECHNICA: “Microsoft snaps up GitHub for $7.5 billion”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/microsoft-snaps-up-github-for-7-5-billion/ - ARS TECHNICA: “Everyone complaining about Microsoft buying GitHub needs to offer a better solution”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/06/everyone-complaining-about-microsoft-buying-github-needs-to-offer-a-better-solution/
