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Big news from yesterday.

Github (valued at $2,000,000,000) was purchased by Microsoft for just under $8,000,000,000.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17422788/microsoft-github-acquisition-official-deal

Lots of chatter on Twitter about the acquisition.

Much satirical and negative:

Can’t wait! #Microsoft #Github pic.twitter.com/ByA8lHUzqi

— David Bisset (@dimensionmedia) June 4, 2018

 

the inevitable end #github #microsoft pic.twitter.com/pno4AQly2a

— d.initial() (@LeFloatingGhost) June 4, 2018

This is your future now! #microsoft #github pic.twitter.com/bej0F6di67

— Dewhurst Security (@dewhurstsec) June 4, 2018

The news initiated a tangible upswing in general interest of a competing cloud version control software: GitLab

Most developers after the announcement that #Microsoft is acquiring #github pic.twitter.com/HpKeJNjzun

— Linux Inside: The Ideal Blog for Sysadmins & Geeks (@tecmint) June 4, 2018

After #Microsoft #GitHub acquisition talks, there is a huge spike in #GitLab imports. https://t.co/tlR5hpfkQD

Also, GitLab's homepage now shows this. pic.twitter.com/DXwIe3yR6S

— Nitn Muthyala (@nenuNitin) June 4, 2018

And the volume traffic of migrating repos is very real:

We're seeing 10x the normal daily amount of repositories #movingtogitlab https://t.co/7AWH7BmMvM We're scaling our fleet to try to stay up. Follow the progress on https://t.co/hN0ce379SC and @movingtogitlab

— GitLab (@gitlab) June 3, 2018

There’s even a new hashtag #movingtogitlab for folks considering migrating their content from one platform to another just as a jerk knee reaction to the news of the acquisition.

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