Yahoo! becomes ASF platinum sponsor

SUNNYVALE, USA: Yahoo! Inc. announced that it has become a platinum sponsor of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

Yahoo!'s support of the ASF stemmed from its work with the Apache HTTP Server and Lucene projects, according to a statement from the company.

Several members of Yahoo!'s development teams are active, long-term code contributors to Apache Hadoop, the open source platform that makes it possible to efficiently process vast amounts of data on a cluster of commodity hardware.

"Sponsoring the ASF demonstrates our commitment to quality open source infrastructure. Both Yahoo! and the open source community have benefited from collaborating with the ASF, and we're proud to be able to give back - by sharing our expertise and technology, as well as on a financial basis. We look forward to furthering our participation with the ASF in years to come," said David Filo, Yahoo! co-founder.

"Sponsorship is key to our financial viability, which, in turn, benefits the open source community at large," said ASF President Justin Erenkrantz. Yahoo! joins current ASF sponsors Google, HP, Covalent, Tetsuya Kitahata and Two Sigma Investments.