Microsoft Becomes Official Apache Sponsor

July 26th, 2008 | by Ankit |

Microsoft has agreed to provide monetary and technical support to the Apache Software Foundation, an open source effort that promotes community-built tools and services.

Jim Jagielski, Chairman of the ASF, had this to say about the sponsorship:

“We thank Microsoft for their generous sponsorship that goes towards supporting The Apache Software Foundation and the over 60 top level projects in use and development within the ASF,” said ASF Chairman Jim Jagielski. “The ASF Sponsorship program is an excellent way for companies and organizations to show their commitment and enthusiasm towards the ASF and The Apache Way, and helps to ensure that highly innovative, freely-available and community-based/consensus-developed software can continue to flourish and thrive within one of the most successful and respected communities in Open Source. Microsoft’s sponsorship makes it clear that Microsoft ‘gets it’ regarding the ASF.”

The European Commission, which already has imposed more than $1 billion in fines on Microsoft, earlier this year said it’s eyeing the possibility that the company is still violating monopoly laws by failing to make its products interoperable with competitors’ offerings and by illegally bundling its Internet Explorer Web browser with the Windows operating system.

Source: Information Week

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