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Yahoo Becomes Apache Platinum Sponsor

Posted by kdawson on from the confluence-of-interests dept.

jschauma writes "Yahoo published a press release announcing that it has become a platinum sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation. In their company blog, Yahoo points out their particular interest in the Apache projects Lucene and Hadoop, and that they have hired Doug Cutting, creator of both projects and VP at Apache. (Lucene powers the search on Wikipedia; Yahoo also provides hosting capacity to Wikimedia.)"

6 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. zonk is a homo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    first post !1 zonk is a homo

    1. Re:zonk is a homo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      DUDE SWEET.

    2. Re:zonk is a homo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      SWEET DUDE.

    3. Re:zonk is a homo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      DUDE YOU SUCK!

  2. Re:Yes, Apache is a legal US charity (Re:Tax Break by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What's the need for the disclaimer? Or is this just a case of e-penis sizing up?

  3. IMPORTANT SLASHDOT QUESTION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why is it that whenever I add a relevant tag to a story, it is ignored and never added, yet when only one really self absorbed douchebag put in an assinine tag like "yahoosyourdaddy" it is added immediately? Is some editor abusing the system and just forcing his own unfunny bullshit into stories wherever he can?