We’re live on the scene the day following the biggest announcement in the open source software world since well, open source software: Microsoft acquiring GitHub for $7.5B in stock. How did we get here? What does it mean for software developers going forward? And most importantly, why is there a creepy half-cat / half-octopus plastered all over everything? As always, Acquired has the answers.

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Carve Outs:

• Ben: The Idea Maze by Chris Dixon
• David: Invisible Asymptotes by Eugene Wei