Microsoft now has the most open source contributors on GitHub

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Microsoft just edged out Facebook and proved that it's changed in an important way [businessinsider.com]

And if you didn't believe the love is real, GitHub — the so-called "Facebook for programmers," and the hub of the open source world — released new stats today about which companies have the most people contributing code to their open source projects.

And Microsoft weighs in at #1, with 16,419 contributors, edging out Facebook with 15,682.

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This indicates a massive shift in the way Microsoft looks at open sourcing, and, I would guess, from a developers point of view, the opportunity to earn more.