We will always listen to developer feedback and invest in both fundamentals and new capabilities.”

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella added: “We are committed to being stewards of the GitHub community, which will retain its developer-first ethos, operate independently and remain an open platform. No matter your language, stack, platform, cloud, or license, GitHub will continue to be your home - the best place for software creation, collaboration, and discovery.” We both believe GitHub needs to remain an open platform for all developers. And as we’ve gotten to know the team at Microsoft over the past few years…we’ve learned that they agree…their vision for the future closely matches our own. “As we look to the next decade of software development and beyond, we know it’s all about the developer. While it will still take a few months to finalise, we wanted to share the news as soon as we were able. However, it is unclear if the legacy applications would still be able to connect to your Google drive after that point, or if the company will sever ties completely.In a blog post, GitHub co-founder and CEO Chris Wanstrath wrote: “I am very excited to announce that Microsoft is acquiring GitHub and expect the agreement to close by the end of the year.

Then, on March 12 next year the company will officially shut down the project. Google Drive and Photos Backup apps for macOS and PC will be deprecated on December 11 later this year, meaning that it will not be supported from that point on. The new program allows the user to select which file types and folders they want to have backed up in the cloud, and Google will do the rest, instead of the traditional method of transferring files to a specific folder on the said PC, among several other features. This follows the launch of Google Backup and Sync for Mac and PCs that replaced its traditional applications on computers. Today in its latest blog post, the company announced that this feature - which was initially an enterprise focused project - would roll out to all customers, and its Google Drive and Photos Backup apps for macOS and PC desktop will be discontinued in 2018. Earlier this year Google rolled out a new feature called Drive File Stream to beta testers, that allowed users on devices like MacBooks and PCs to easily gain access to files stored in the cloud without the need for lengthy sync processes.

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