Microsoft Sponsors Apache Software Foundation

Posted by timothy on Friday July 25, 2008 @07:56AM from the it-has-an-excellent-license-after-all dept.

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.)"

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Cliche? by Johnny_Law · 2008-07-25 07:57 · Score: 5, Insightful

Would, "It's a trap", be too cliche?
Re:A better sponsorship by bsDaemon · 2008-07-25 08:12 · Score: 5, Insightful

Couldn't the same argument be used in reverse -- quit developing for KDE/GNOME, Windows already dominates, develop for that?
Oh, that's right -- monoculture is ok so long as its your monoculture.