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		user5994461 on June 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Bresc... Github was acquired by Microsoft, so it's just gonna be a VP at Microsoft.

skinnymuch on June 12, 2019 [–]

GitHub is far bigger than Bitnami. IE the Github founders are all among the biggest individuals with equity in Microsoft just because of the acquisition. GitHub will likely be its own subsidiary under Microsoft for some time.

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