{"id":1871,"date":"2016-11-16T14:49:40","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2016-11-16T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:49:40","slug":"microsoft-joins-the-linux-foundation-turns-love-affair-into-a-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=1871","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation \u2014 Turns Love Affair Into a Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At its 2016 Connect developer event in New York today, Microsoft announced<\/a> that the company is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member \u2013 the highest level of membership, which costs $500,000 annually.<\/p>\n

Besides this, Microsoft also announced that tech giant Google has also joined on with the independent .NET Foundation.<\/p>\n

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit organization that oversees the development of the very popular free operating system Linux, alongside advances open technology development as well as commercial adoption.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has already contributed to a number of its open source projects, including Node.js Foundation, Open Container Initiative, OpenDaylight, R Consortium, and Open API Initiative.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nHowever, today’s announcement from Microsoft still comes as a surprise to many, as Former Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer once said, “Linux is <\/b>a cancer<\/b>,”\u00a0in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation \u2014 Turns Love Affair Into a Relationship<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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At its 2016 Connect developer event in New York today, Microsoft announced that the company is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member \u2013 the highest level of membership, which costs $500,000 annually. Besides this, Microsoft also announced that tech giant Google has also joined on with the independent…<\/p>\n

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