Twitter joins Linux Foundation, angry developers unimpressed
Sunday, August 26, 2012 - 16:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—Twitter will join the Linux Foundation as a "Silver" tier member. The announcement is paired with news that a keynote by a Twitter manager will be part of the events at the LinuxCon conference in San Diego from August 29 to 31 in San Diego. In joining the Foundation, Twitter takes a membership role alongside corporate leaders such as. Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, Oracle, Samsung and other well-known businesses supporting the Foundation. The San Francisco-based nonprofit is focused on accelerating the growth of Linux, and was founded in 2000. Members of the Linux Foundation support the platform with their membership fees.