Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5bn

Microsoft is acquiring software development platform GitHub for $7.5bn, the company confirmed on Monday.
Github is a 10-year-old coding website that's popular among developers who use the platform to share code and collaborate. It's used by 28 million developers and hosts 85 million code repositories worldwide. Companies including Airbnb, PayPal and Spotify have used the platform.
According to Microsoft, it is the most active organization on GitHub, with more than two million “co