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> ...and they are backers of The Linux Foundation, the Apache Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative and many similar efforts. Looks like disclosure t
by d3sandoval 8y ago
> ...and they are backers of The Linux Foundation, the Apache Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative and many similar efforts.
Looks like disclosure to me
- kragniz 8y agoI guess so, but it downplays the amount of cash they're giving to the organization that employs the author of this post.
- andrewmcwatters 8y agoEnough to pay for less than 5 engineers a year? Okay.
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoYeah, Microsoft can find $500,000 in the couch cushions. It's not even a rounding error for them. It doesn't mean it's not a good thing they're doing it, but it's not like that's a huge contribution.
- dragonwriter 8y agoIt's not huge to Microsoft, sure, but it's signficant enough to the Linux Foundation that it effects the independence of any LF reaction to Microsoft (especially since their stance toward Platinum members affects the attractiveness of the membership in general, not just for the member they respond to.)
- seeekr 8y agoI believe it is quite clear to many of us familiar with the space that Microsoft is not some small-time backer of the Linux Foundation and other, related organizations. I certainly did not feel the least bit of an attempt to downplay MS' financial contribution in light of the subject of the conversation.