GitHub was talking to Google but went with Microsoft instead
Out of the list of companies that the article says have expressed an interest in GitHub at one point or another - Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Atlassian and Tencent - I have to say that Microsoft seems the most best fit, especially given their existing work on integrating GitHub with GVFS:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2017&#x2F;11&#x2F;microsoft-and-github-team-up-to-take-git-virtual-file-system-to-macos-linux&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;gadgets&#x2F;2017&#x2F;11&#x2F;microsoft-and-github...</a>