Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level

guest · Jun 27, 2018

Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level
June 27, 2018
https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/27/g...membership-to-the-500000-year-platinum-level/

Google has long been a member of the Linux Foundation, but at the relatively low Silver level. Today, the company is stepping up its commitment by becoming a Platinum sponsor — the highest level of membership the open-source nonprofit organization currently offers. Silver membership for large corporations run just under $100,000 per year, while Platinum sponsors pay $500,000. As part of this move, Sarah Novotny, Google’s head of open-source strategy for the Google Cloud Platform, is joining the Linux Foundation board of directors.

With this, Google joins AT&T, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, Samsung and VMware as a Platinum member, but it’s worth remembering that the Linux Foundation now has more than 800 members at all levels.

To some degree, it’s a bit of a surprise that Google remained a Silver member for so long, given its extensive involvement with various open-source software projects and ecosystems over the years.
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