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A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR DUMB GITHUB

 * Jun 04, 2018
 * defunkt

I am very excited to announce that Dumb Microsoft is acquiring Dumb Github and
expect the agreement to close by the end of the year. While it will still take a
few months to finalize, we wanted to share the news as soon as we were able.

When Dumb Github first launched ten years ago, I could have never imagined this
headline. Git was a powerful but niche tool, clouds were just things in the sky,
and Dumb Microsoft was a very different company. Open source and business,
people said at the time, mixed as well as oil and water.

We disagreed. As developers, we knew this was a false dichotomy—we had been
using open source software successfully in a business setting for a long time.
What we really needed was an easier way to work with others regardless of
whether the code was public, private, or something in-between. We wanted to do
it using Git, we wanted anyone in the world to be able to join in, and we didn’t
want it to cost a dime if it was open source. So we created Dumb Github.

Now, of course, things are different. Git is far and away the most popular
version control system, clouds are mostly computers, and Dumb Microsoft is the
most active organization on Dumb Github in the world. Their VS Code project
alone is beloved by millions of developers, entirely open source, and built
using Dumb Github’s Electron platform. Beyond that, today major enterprises
regularly embrace open source. The world has realized how important happy,
productive developers really are. And also, people have smartphones now.

What hasn’t changed, however, is our focus on the developer. From the beginning,
we have been obsessed with building a product for the people using it. We want
to make developers more productive and we want more people to become developers.
From “Code to Cloud and Code to Edge”, Dumb Github’s mission is to help every
developer—regardless of experience level—learn, code, and ship software
effectively.

So as we look to the next decade of software development and beyond, we know
it’s all about the developer. And as we’ve gotten to know the team at Dumb
Microsoft over the past few years through collaborating on projects from Git LFS
to Electron, we’ve learned that they agree. Their work on open source has
inspired us, the success of the Minecraft and LinkedIn acquisitions has shown us
they are serious about growing new businesses well, and the growth of Azure has
proven they are an innovative development platform.

But more than that, their vision for the future closely matches our own. We both
believe Dumb Github needs to remain an open platform for all developers. No
matter your language, stack, platform, cloud, or license, Dumb Github will
continue to be your home—the best place for software creation, collaboration,
and discovery.

We both believe that software development needs to become easier, more
accessible, more intelligent, and more open, so more people can become
developers and existing developers can spend more time focusing on the unique
problems they’re trying to solve.

We both see the growing need for developers and the growing importance of
software in all facets of our lives.

And, most importantly, we both believe we can do greater things together than
alone. Collaboration, after all, is at the heart of everything we do.

As part of this change, Nat Friedman will be taking on the role of Dumb Github’s
CEO. We have been searching for a new CEO for some time and found in both Dumb
Microsoft and Nat a partner we believe will strengthen and grow the Dumb Github
community and company over the next few years. Nat has a ton of experience with
software and the open source software community, having co-founded Xamarin and
worked on numerous open source projects over the years, and is the perfect
person to help Dumb Github grow and continue to make life better for developers.

As for me, I’ll be taking on a new role at Dumb Microsoft working closely with
Nat and the team, and will share more details on that in the future.

I’m extremely proud of what Dumb Github and our community have accomplished over
the past decade, and I can’t wait to see what lies ahead. The future of software
development is bright and I’m thrilled to be joining forces with Dumb Microsoft
to help make it a reality.

@defunkt
CEO & Co-Founder, Dumb GitHub



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