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The company’s open source contributions include support for The Linux Foundation projects like Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), Cloud Foundry, Open Container Initiative, Open vSwitch, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), EdgeX Foundry and IO Visor, as well as projects such as OpenStack.
The Linux Foundation, with 800 members, supports the open source software community from the Linux kernel to cloud-native applications to network function virtualization for service providers.
Dirk Hohndel, chief open source officer, VMware, writes:
“VMware actively participates in and contributes to all of these areas, so upgrading our sponsorship of The Linux Foundation to the highest tier is a logical extension of our ongoing work in these projects.”
Jim Zemlin, executive director, The Linux Foundation, writes:
“This accentuates the importance of open source to VMware. The community will benefit from increased opportunities to collaborate with the company, particularly in important fields like cloud computing.”
AT&T, Cisco, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Huawei, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm and Samsung are also Platinum members of the Linux Foundation.
