Microsoft to sponsor the Apache Software Foundation By Ryan Paul | Published: July 25, 2008 - 12:15PM CT
Today at the OSCON open source software convention, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) got an unexpected new sponsor: Microsoft. The Redmond software giant, which will contribute $100,000 annually to the ASF, joins Google and Yahoo as a platinum sponsor of Apache development [...] http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-microsoft-to-sponsor-of-the-apache-software-foundation.html Brian, Is Microsoft finally starting to grok Open Source? Or is this just a few guys in a corner somewhere? Or should I put on my tinfoil hat because it's all part of some bigger conspiracy? -- b
