Chris Angelico wrote:
Not so fast there, Steve. If they [Microsoft] are paying anything > (unsubstantiated, unknowable) to Python, Apache, or (Linux, whatever you > mean by that term...) there are only two motives:
http://www.python.org/psf/ - Microsoft is listed.
http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html - again, Microsoft is listed
(My view is that they believe in positive PR more than they believe in Python or Apache or whatever.)
Yes, my view as well. I should clarify... what I mean by unsubstantiated and unknowable is that from a sponsorship list alone it is not possible to determine (as an outsider) what real level the sponsorship has attained, nor what political force for influence or reciprocity has occurred. Microsoft has much to gain from playing well in what remains of their corner of the sandbox. But, talk about a day late and a dollar short...
kind regards, m harris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
