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Season 2, Episode 9: GitHub

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What's the Difference Between Open Source and GitHub?

GitHub is a service that lets users create private repositories of open source code. It's used by companies to recruit employees, but it also allows people to show off their work on the job. Two co-founders decided they wanted to start making money from git and set up paid private repos for themselves. The company was bought out by microsoft in July 2013.

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