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Leading GitHub to a $7.5 billion acquisition (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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The Emotional High of Leaving Microsoft and GitHub

GitHub was bought by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in 2012. Jason Fried: "There's no better position in the industry to focus on developers' needs than at GitHub" He says he feels an emotional letting go of his company, but it doesn't feel like less like my company. 'If you ever think about tribes in the world, basically developers are mine and I love them.'

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