[ursus_bonum]

Google would have stepped on Octocat's neck and blown its pretty little head off.

Microsoft will either low-key torture it to death or leave it alone. Who's to say?

[outside2344]

The new model at Microsoft is to run these big acquisitions as separate companies with a lot of autonomy. I suspect Github will do very well from here.

[hotdog97]

Oh, you mean like

1) Skype: https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/17/12951996/skype-london-off...

2) Nokia: cruelly killed-off for no particular reason.