I knew I was unsteady about Microsoft acquiring Github (and LinkedIn, etc.) but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. This article informs that feeling quite a bit. It's becoming more apparent to me that Microsoft is working behind the scenes to build their empire in a different world. They've realized that the desktop is lost and there are no more gains to be had there.<p>On the flip side, I'm pretty happy to have competition in the cloud. AWS is a monster and needs someone to temper their soul and push them to reduce transit costs. Maybe Azure will be that. Maybe not.