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outside2344 on June 28, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google was in the running to acquire GitHub, accor...

The new model at Microsoft is to run these big acquisitions as separate companies with a lot of autonomy. I suspect Github will do very well from here.

hotdog97 on June 28, 2018 [–]

Oh, you mean like

1) Skype: https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/17/12951996/skype-london-off...

2) Nokia: cruelly killed-off for no particular reason.

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