Microsoft announced it is joining The Linux Foundation?

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At its Connect(); 2016 developer event in New York City today, Microsoft
announced it is joining The Linux Foundation. And the company isn’t joining
just to say it did: Microsoft is joining at the Platinum level, the highest
level of membership, which costs $500,000 annually. John Gossman, architect
on the Microsoft Azure team, will sit on the foundation’s Board of
Directors and help underwrite projects.

reference: http://venturebeat.com/2016/11/16/microsoft-joins-the-linux-foundation-as-a-platinum-member/


Can this be?  Microsoft announced it is joining The Linux Foundation?