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Microsoft brings Patreon model to GitHub

3 days

With only one move Microsoft has cemented GitHub as the ultimate Open Source repository, by finally finding a way to get developers paid. GitHub Sponsors is a new feature of GitHub which would allow users to reward developers fina...

GitHub Sponsors will allow you to fund the developers who build and maintain the code you use

by Pradeep

3 days

During the GitHub Sattelite conference today, GitHub introduced a new program called GitHub Sponsors. GitHub Sponsors is a new way by which anyone can financially support the developers who build the open source software you use e...

Open Source Advocates express concern about Microsoft monopolizing OSS tooling

by Anmol

2 weeks

Since the acquisition of GitHub, Microsoft has been gunning for an open source system where the company is allowing developers to use the platform to add features to its services. This even continued at Build where Microsoft annou...

Microsoft open sources Q# compilers and simulators to further advance quantum computing

by Pradeep

3 weeks

Back in 2017, Microsoft first released the first public preview of Quantum Development Kit which helps developers learn how to program a quantum computer which is believed to be the future of computing. Along with the Quantum Deve...

Microsoft makes it easy for enterprises to adopt GitHub with new updates

by Pradeep

3 weeks

At Build 2019 today, Microsoft announced several updates related to GitHub. These updates will help enterprises adopt GitHub easily. First, GitHub Enterprise customers can now synchronize groups of GitHub users with Azure Active D...

Developers at Microsoft’s GitHub are being held to ransom

by Atiya

3 weeks

Microsoft’s opens source development platform was last night targeted by hackers, who are demanding payment before they’ll return the hundreds of code sources they stole. The hackers wiped 392 code repositories, downlo...

The Apache Software Foundation has moved all its projects to Microsoft GitHub

by Pradeep

4 weeks

Apache is the world’s largest open source foundation, with over 200 million lines of code managed by an all-volunteer community of 730 members and 7,000 code contributors. In 2016, Apache started integrating GitHub’s repos...

Microsoft employees demand Microsoft defy Chinese government 996.ICU-related censorship

by Atiya

1 month

Microsoft employees have shown their solidarity with overworked Chinese tech workers who have been using GitHub repository to protest extreme working hours. They’ve released a petition to defend the trending repository which...

Microsoft taps a former Google Cloud leader to lead GitHub

by Pradeep

4 months

Back in October 2018, Microsoft completed the acquisition of GitHub. Microsoft’s plan with the acquisition is to use enable developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle with GitHub, accelerate enter...

Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub is complete

by Pradeep

7 months

Microsoft made the announcement about GitHub acquisition back in June 2018 and has been working with regulators around the world to close the deal. Last week, we reported that Microsoft got approval for its GitHub acquisition fro...

GitHub gets US government’s FedRAMP approval

by Pradeep

7 months

The US government has a program called FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) that standardizes security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud products and services by federal agencies....

EU approves Microsoft’s GitHub acquisition

by Pradeep

7 months

Microsoft made the announcement about GitHub acquisition back in June 2018 and has been working with regulators around the world to close the deal. Last month, we reported that Microsoft is expected to get a final ruling from EU ...