Past years: The R Foundation and R Consortium Aren't the Same; One is a Front Group for Corporations Like Microsoft (only the latter is a front group) | Guest Article: Introduction to Microsoft's Growing Role in the R Project Through the Linux Foundation and E.E.E.

Summary: In the Linux Foundation's R Consortium the seats and votes are for sale, just like in the Linux Foundation where Microsoft bought more seats than any other company^*

Even after all the Gates scandals Jim Zemlin lionises him and praises Microsoft

____ ^* The Linux Foundation, which represents its members' interests within Linux, sells voting seats etc. Microsoft has bought more seats than any other company, even Google/Alphabet.