--- title: Microsoft Bought GitHub Inspiring All the Best Jokes description: Now that Microsoft acquired Github, Internet users seem certain that Microsoft's Clippy will be available to help code on GitHub soon. canonical: https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-04T15:30:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:29:31.881Z og:title: Microsoft Bought GitHub. 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Microsoft confirms it is in the process of buying the software development platform GitHub._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 4, 2018 3:30 PM UTC Microsoft confirms it is in the process of buying the software development platform GitHub. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 4, 2018 3:30 PM UTC Microsoft just [announced](http://time.com/5300059/microsoft-buys-github-coding-giant/) that it has acquired GitHub, the coding platform that is popular among [software](http://time.com/5298442/apple-software-iphone-addiction/) developers, in a deal worth $7.5 billion. The acquisition of GitHub’s estimated [85 million code](https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-has-acquired-github-for-7-5b-in-microsoft-stock/) repositories could make Microsoft a larger host of source code globally. “Microsoft is a developer-first company, and by joining forces with GitHub we strengthen our commitment to developer freedom, openness and innovation,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a [statement](https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/). The move means that the [estimated](https://github.com/about) 28 million developers who are part of the GitHub community, will now be part of the Microsoft community—and people had a lot of feelings about that. Twitter is filled with GitHub users and coding community members and [tech](http://time.com/5294789/time-drone-cover-video/) watchers pointing and laughing, while pointing and clicking. While some are joking about moving their code to GitHub competitors like [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) and [Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/), others are pointing out how Microsoft’s Clippy, personal assistant might help with code writing in the future. > [](https://twitter.com/aurel%5Fherve/status/1003390912184152068) > [](https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/1003625600714756097) > [](https://twitter.com/davatron5000/status/1003649310955892736) > [](https://twitter.com/ShanewasNiloy/status/1003640405705887744) > [](https://twitter.com/migueldeicaza/status/1003626301977026561) > [](https://twitter.com/mxbck/status/1003519405832187905) > [](https://twitter.com/panzer%5Fmichael/status/1003395040339726337) > [](https://twitter.com/nickmorrott/status/1003414736682258432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/"},"headline":"Microsoft Bought GitHub and the Clippy Jokes Escalated Quickly","datePublished":"2018-06-04T15:30:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T09:29:31.881Z","description":"Twitter users seem certain that Microsoft's Clippy will be available to help code on GitHub soon","url":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Technology","Microsoft"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella","caption":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/","name":"Microsoft Bought GitHub and the Clippy Jokes Escalated Quickly"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Microsoft Acquiring GitHub in $7.5B Deal","description":"Microsoft confirms it is in the process of buying the software development platform GitHub.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1zEaWGoy/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-06-04T16:52:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1zEaWGoy.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5300247/microsoft-github-reactions/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```