Microsoft reported to be 111+ Billion Dollars in debt.
http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/16/As_M ... lars.shtml
Microsoft-owned GitHub to close SF headquarters, lay off 10% of workforce
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/git ... 774685.php
GitHub lays off 10% and goes fully remote
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/09/githu ... ly-remote/
μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Googling "Microsoft debt to asset ratio" it seems the debt was something like $60 billion at the end of 2023, or about 0.15 of Microsoft's total assets.
Looks logical to me if they are doing this:
closing all of its offices, including its San Francisco headquarters.
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The things you do not tell us, are usually the clue to fixing the problem.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be older.
This is not what I expected 
You can bet they are trying to find a way to better monetize Github. 
wizard
Big pile of OLD computers
It was clear what the intentions are since Microsoft acquired GitHub based on the long pattern, from the company's beginning, of doing exactly what they're doing now. They want to make money on lots of projects that others develop and distribute for free.
There is something obvious and something subtle on the surface of what MS (and Apple and others) have going on.
In the case of MS and GIT, it was a business decision that EVERY software house contends with. Development tools: develop your own tools and methodologies and people OR adopt if something is a cheaper solution presents itself. GIT presented a cheaper development facility than their in-house facility for code development while acquiring a market that the in-house tools would/could not address.
There is little discussion of the subtle benefit in today's world: AI. They are in a RACE as they adapt to this expansion is market deliverables!
Microsoft,like IBM/Google/Apple/Facebook/Oracle/nvidia will remain a good stock-market investment no matter the short-term news items.