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Linux Foundation Sponsors Now Includes Microsoft?

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 7, 2012

For the LinuxCon Europe event which is going on this week in Spain, if you look closely you will notice that Microsoft is listed as a Gold Sponsor.

That’s right, Microsoft is a Gold Sponsor of a Linux Foundation event. They are sponsors at the same level as IBM, Red Hat and SUSE

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Sean Michael Kerner

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