On June 4th, 2018 Microsoft announced their intention to acquire GitHub. My research focuses on team collaboration, not application development, so my interest in this deal is around areas of working together, community, etc. Here are a few thoughts:

  • If/when/how Microsoft could create a use-case focused version of Microsoft Teams for developers
  • What solutions could be created by adding GitHub data into the Microsoft Graph? Could this help developers promote their projects, connect with new contracts, etc? Could it help employers find developers? Could this help create better developer communities?
  • How will this enable Microsoft to compete against Atlassian's combination of BitBucket and Stride?

For more information related to the technical aspects of application development tools and platform, follow my colleague Holger Mueller.

Similarly, Ray Wang has some great thoughts about this from a business standpoint, especially around enticing a new generation of developers to think about Microsoft.

Here is a collection of tweets showcasing some of the thoughts from my Constellation Reseach colleagues and me.