The times they are certainly a-changin’. Microsoft, which has defended its code so fiercely, has becomes a platinum sponsor of the open source Apache Software Foundation, and has also agreed to open up some of its comms software to developers.
The announcement was made by Sam Ramji, a director of Microsoft’s platform strategy, at the Open Source Convention, according to the BBC.
Although the amount Redmond’s finest has given to Apache wasn’t stated, to be a platinum sponsor requires at least a $100,000 donation.
The company also donated a patch to Apache’s open source database project.
