The original title is "Money talks: Linux Foundation pours funds into R language". What is the Linux Foundation doing funding the R Consortium? R _can run on_

The original title is "Money talks: Linux Foundation pours funds into R language". What is the Linux Foundation doing funding the R Consortium? R _can run on_ Linux, but it really has nothing directly to do with Linux per se. And this isn't the first time I remember thinking, "What in the world is the Linux Foundation doing with _that_??" They're also funding the development of a real-time OS kernel for IoT devices.[1] Just feels like their mission is creeping, creeping.... [1]: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2016/02/linux-foundation-announces-project-build-real-time-operating-system http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2016...