--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:53:12.992Z og:title: Microsoft Bought GitHub. 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The Clippy Jokes Escalated Quickly. twitter:description: Will Microsoft's Clippy will be available to help code on GitHub soon? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Microsoft Bought GitHub and the Clippy Jokes Escalated Quickly by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jun 4, 2018 3:30 PM UTC  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference on March 30, 2016 in San Francisco Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference on March 30, 2016 in San FranciscoJustin Sullivan—Getty Images 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":"2026-04-13T07:53:12.992Z","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":"/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"}}]}] ```