However, the company said it will be a Platinum member.
As such, the organization will donate US $500,000 annually.
This is the highest category of the foundation.
To be part of it, Microsoft joins companies such as HP, Intel , IBM and Oracle.
The Linux Foundation is home not only Linux but also of many open source projects most innovative community.
The announcement though seems surprising, it is not.
There are also several examples of shared code on Github, accessible to all.
