Microsoft Sponsors Apache Software Foundation 120
gbjbaanb writes "Ars Technica reports that Microsoft is to sponsor the Apache Foundation to the tune of $100k. From the article: 'I asked him if this could possibly be the beginning of a broader initiative by Microsoft to increase Apache compatibility with .NET web development technologies, but he says it's still too early to guess Microsoft's future plans for Apache participation. ... He doesn't anticipate a confrontational response from the developers working on individual Apache projects ... The response of the broader open source software community, however, is harder to predict.' (In related news, MS also intends to participate in the RubySpec project.)"
Re:Where is the ship? (Score:3, Funny)
Apache 2.4 (Score:5, Funny)
Apache 2.4 release notes
new modules:
mod_drm
mod_ooxml
mod_reject-firefox
Re:How to interpret this. (Score:2, Funny)
It was in Italian. Loosely translated it said "Apache may someday be called upon to return the favor".
Re:Apache 2.4 (Score:2, Funny)
hey! you forgot the most important
mod_bsod
mod_clippy
Re:A better sponsorship (Score:5, Funny)
Who do you think deserves the market in this case?
Re:A better sponsorship (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A better sponsorship (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, I can't list any advantages, either.