00:00This made it easier for them to collaborate with other companies and also open-source some of their code.
00:05In 2014, Microsoft became the first major company to acquire a private GitHub repository,
00:11and this led to other companies following suit.
00:14As GitHub grew in popularity, it also became a useful tool for recruiters who were looking for talented developers.
00:20Companies would post jobs on GitHub and then review the code of developers who were interested in the position.
00:26This gave them a better way to assess the skills of potential candidates
00:29and also find developers who were passionate about coding.
00:33In 2015, GitHub introduced a feature called GitHub Jobs,
00:37which made it easier for recruiters and developers to connect with each other.
00:42This further cemented GitHub's position as the go-to platform for developers.
00:46However, GitHub was not without its competition.
00:49There were other platforms that offered similar services, and some of them even had more features.
00:54But GitHub was able to maintain its lead by constantly innovating and also acquiring key competitors.
01:00In 2016, GitHub acquired a platform called Gitter, which was a chat platform for developers.
01:07This allowed GitHub to offer real-time chat support for developers, which was a much-needed feature.
01:12In 2018, GitHub acquired another platform called Issues,
01:16which allowed developers to manage bugs and feature requests.
01:20This made it easier for developers to work together on projects and also kept track of important issues.
01:26In addition to these acquisitions, GitHub has also been investing heavily in its own development.
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