Why Microsoft paid $7.5 billion for GitHub (Nat Friedman)

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Why Microsoft paid $7.5 billion for GitHub (Nat Friedman)

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You are at Microsoft. And at some point you  realize that GitHub is very valuable and worth acquiring. How did you realize that and how  did you convince Microsoft to purchase GitHub? I had started a company called Xamarin  together with Miguel de Acaza and Joseph Hill and we built mobile tools and platforms.  Microsoft acquired the company in 2016... Read More

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