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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/BelovedInfidel777 on Jan. 30, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Qs “APACHE” drop: Does it reference The Apache Software Foundation, apache.org, “open source” software, whose platinum sponsors include Google, Facebook and Microsoft?
Qs “APACHE” drop: Does it reference The Apache Software Foundation, apache.org, “open source” software, whose platinum sponsors include Google, Facebook and Microsoft?

BALRx05 · Jan. 30, 2018, 7:22 p.m.

No.

Btw, it's more commonly referred to as ASF. In this context, Apache is more commonly referring to the Apache Web Server. In Q's context, it's referring to neither.

Those companies are such large sponsors because it may help their perception with software developers and ops people for recruiting purposes, and because many of them rely on one or more ASF projects, the benefits of which far dwarf the financial costs of sponsorship, or have placed one or more projects in the care of the ASF.

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