> Microsoft doesn’t do everything right but the GitHub acquisition has honestly gone better than I ever expected. Rather than forcing GitHub to adopt Microsoft centric policies, Microsoft has adopted more GitHub stuff, especially from a product POV. GitHub still runs as a separate company (different logins and health care and hiring systems) with its own policies and point of view.
That's what we said about the Skype acquisition too.
"It's different this time, it will run independently, for once Microsoft won't interfere and destroy the acquired company".
3 years later (I was there), 50% of Skype original management and developers left. All the major new projects of Skype turn out to be integration with the endless already existing Microsoft products: integration with Link, integration with microsoft ID, integration with Microsoft UI, etc...
5 years later, Skype is dead... but everyone left already.
Good job Microsoft.
That's what we said about the Skype acquisition too.
"It's different this time, it will run independently, for once Microsoft won't interfere and destroy the acquired company".
3 years later (I was there), 50% of Skype original management and developers left. All the major new projects of Skype turn out to be integration with the endless already existing Microsoft products: integration with Link, integration with microsoft ID, integration with Microsoft UI, etc...
5 years later, Skype is dead... but everyone left already.
Good job Microsoft.