Hell has either frozen over or there was a very cold day in July when Microsoft announced at OSCON that they are now giving money to The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Microsoft joined rivals Yahoo and Google as Platinum Sponsors of the ASF. This money will help pay administrators and... (Read More)

Microsoft it was disclosed today will become a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation, forking over US$100,000 a year for theprivilege . In return, Redmond will gain access to the Apache POI project, a Java port of file formats of Microsoft's Office suite of applications. Based on Microsoft's... (Read More)