(1) MS brings a huge team of engineers that will exploit the IP in github.

(2) MS brings a huge team of lawyers that will exploit the licensing of FOSS (all favors), that will enable #1

Give MS credit, they are one of the smart guys in the room, and I see the tcpip stack fiasco all over again.

Github was about meritocracy? Right. It was just social coding, merits got pushed to the wayside when the VCs came in.

Other than being the biggest developer-focused company in the world? Having an extremely complete set of developer tools that can integrate with github? A cloud computing service to deploy apps?

I guess nothing, it brings nothing to the table.

I think that Microsoft is money-focused, not developer-focused.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the mass of open-source developers vastly outweighs Microsoft.

These "developer tools" are the property of Microsoft. Which suggests an obvious and worrying path in Github's future. Tell me that I'm wrong.

Everybody and his dog has a cloud computing service these days.

Do you think Github wasn't "money focused"? I'm sure you felt mighty smart making that comment, but businesses are by default focused on making money. HOW you make the money varies, but the final goal doesn't.