This results in a symbiosis between developers and platforms: from a technical perspective, platforms provide the fundamental building blocks (i.e.
Over the last few weeks, particularly in The Bill Gates Line, I have been exploring the differences between aggregators and platforms while aggregators generally harvest already produced content or goods, developers leverage the platform to create something entirely new. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock.ĭevelopers can be quite expensive indeed! Platform-Developer Symbiosis “We recognize the community responsibility we take on with this agreement and will do our best work to empower every developer to build, innovate and solve the world’s most pressing challenges.” “Microsoft is a developer-first company, and by joining forces with GitHub we strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation,” said Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft. Together, the two companies will empower developers to achieve more at every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerate enterprise use of GitHub, and bring Microsoft’s developer tools and services to new audiences. on Monday announced it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform where more than 28 million developers learn, share and collaborate to create the future.
Microsoft, meanwhile, for the second time in three years, outshone Apple’s keynote with a massive acquisition.
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