It's Official: Microsoft Becomes Premium Sponsor of the Open Source Initiative

The Open Source Initiative announced on Tuesday that Microsoft had recently become Premium Sponsor of OSI, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and protecting Open Source software.

OSI's main goal is to promote open source technologies and software projects through education and collaboration, as well as through infrastructure. Without organizations like Open Source Initiative, the entire Open Source movement would have no chance to be a success and evolve to become a first-class citizen in the software industry where proprietary is still winning. And now, Microsoft joins OSI in an effort to promote Open Source software even further.

"This is a significant milestone for the OSI and the open source software movement more broadly," said Patrick Masson, OSI General Manager and Board Director. "I don't think there could be any greater testament to the maturity, viability, interest, and success of open source sof... (read more)

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