Last night, Bloomberg published a report saying that Microsoft had acquired GitHub. The formal announcement is expected to drop later today. The deal has caused no shortage of turmoil in the developer community. Many are unhappy with the deal. Some are so upset, they’re migrating to the rival GitLab service. But it’s worth talking about what this will mean for the companies at the heart of the deal: GitHub and Microsoft. Both parties have a lot to gain. Let’s look at GitHub. The main thing it’s getting from this deal is stability. Throughout its ten years as an independent company,…

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