Microsoft is buying Github, the world’s largest open source software developer community, for $7.5 billion. Following concerns from the devout Github user base, the company pledged to retain its developer-first ethos and operate independently to provide an open platform for all developers in all industries. “Microsoft is all-in on open source. When it comes to our commitment to open source, judge us by the actions we have taken in the recent past, our actions today, and in the future,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The new Microsoft-owned platform has also promised to continue supporting any programming languages, tools, operating systems, cloud services and devices. Launched in 2008, the Github community boasts 27 million developers from 1.8 million organizations. Augmented reality…