Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 29th Jul 2008 16:30 UTC, submitted by wuda
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.
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2008-07-12
I wonder if the higher ups in Microsoft realize that money will not buy them any control in most large FOSS organizations? (The partial success with ISO may have fooled some of them).
I don't mean that this is why money has been offered. It could be for all the right reasons, from all the right people.
What I mean is that a few years down the line it is possible that someone in Microsoft's management will start thinking that the money they supply gives them the right to dictate future designs much like Microsoft does to a number of organizations today.
Boy, will someone be in for a surprise!