Microsoft changes tack with GitHub purchase

The software giant once relied on keeping customers tied to its proprietary software. Now it has joined the open-source insurgency. Alice Gråhns reports.

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Software giant Microsoft once relied on keeping customers tied to its proprietary software. Now, with the purchase of GitHub, it has joined the open-source insurgency. Alice Grhns reports.

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Alice grew up in Stockholm and studied at the University of the Arts London, where she gained a first-class BA in Journalism. She has written for several publications in Stockholm and London, and joined MoneyWeek in 2017.