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I know Microsoft has a team that does OSS work on .NET MVC and related projects. Not sure if they do that full time, but I'm sure if you ask Scott Hanselman or
by abyssknight 16y ago
I know Microsoft has a team that does OSS work on .NET MVC and related projects. Not sure if they do that full time, but I'm sure if you ask Scott Hanselman or Phil Haack they can tell you.
In a lot of cases companies will buy the talent behind an open source project to get the support they need. Sounds funny, but when you consider a piece of software mission critical to your business its a lot safer to be able to pay the guy or gal and get their immediate attention. :)
I think Apple did that with the CUPS creator, and Rapid7 did something similar with w3af. Sometimes its called "partnering" or "sponsorship" other times it is an all out acquisition. It depends.