[Mikhail_K]

If somebody still wondered, why Microsoft acquired Github, this article provides the answer. They bought the ability to control major distribution point of non-proprietary software and shut down at will any perceived threats.

[pixxel]

They paid $7.5B to delete code repositories? What about all the other non github repository hosts, not forgetting self-hosted, torrents etc.

[Mikhail_K]

> They paid $7.5B to delete code repositories?

As the article shows, yes.

> What about all the other non github repository hosts, not forgetting self-hosted, torrents etc.

They are harder to find and can be closed without difficulty, unlike a github repo

[detaro]

What makes you think pre-aquisition Github wouldn't have taken this down?