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Microsoft acquired its larger rival GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, which at the time was a high-priced deal in subscription software. GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij says his company has more advantages now that GitHub is owned by the world’s largest software developer .

GitHub makes money by offering premium subscription plans to teams and organizations as well as a fee it generates when users purchase third-party apps on their platform . Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, GitHub has become the leading online collaboration tool for all things software.

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