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Is GitHub looking to be acquired?

1st August 2012

My answer to Is GitHub looking to be acquired? on Quora

Raising $100 million at a rumoured valuation of $750 million is not the action of a company that wants to be acquired. http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09...

Posted 1st August 2012 at 12:33 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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