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Microsoft Thanked For Its "Significant Financial Donation" To OpenBSD Foundation

Posted by samzenpus on from the strange-bedfellows dept.

McGruber writes: Microsoft has donated a considerable amount of money to the OpenBSD Foundation, becoming its first-ever Gold level contributor in the process. From the OpenBSD Journal: "The OpenBSD Foundation is happy to announce that Microsoft has made a significant financial donation to the Foundation. This donation is in recognition of the role of the Foundation in supporting the OpenSSH project. This donation makes Microsoft the first Gold level contributor in the OpenBSD Foundation's 2015 fundraising campaign."

3 of 265 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Why do I get the funny feeling that by halivar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Probably because you haven't yet realized that the Halloween Emails were 17 years ago.

    Maybe it's time to move on.

  2. Re: Why do I get the funny feeling that by wasabiiiiiii · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're adding SSH support into windows. It behooves them to make sure the foundation is well supported.

  3. Re:Why do I get the funny feeling that by the_B0fh · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Theo is willing to give up the $2million DoD grant because he felt he should speak up against the Iraqi war, what makes you think a piddling $50k is going to affect Theo's code or design?