(I.B.M. is the leading corporate supporter of Linux, a free operating system that is an alternative to Microsoft Windows.)

And I.B.M. has been a leading corporate supporter of collaborative software projects like Linux, a free operating system maintained and improved by a network of programmers.

Philip Morris is a leading corporate supporter of the arts in an era of reduced federal support.

Weren't industrialists amongst her leading supporters?

He also said that Rabbi Meyer's congregation was a leading American supporter of the Israeli peace movement.

The company has been the leading corporate supporter of Linux.

Its leading European supporters were the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs.

Mr. Walsh was a leading corporate supporter of President Clinton, working for his election and then campaigning for his economic plans.

In foreign policy, Clay was the leading American supporter of independence movements and revolutions in Latin America after 1817.

Dingell is generally classified as a liberal Democrat, and throughout his career he has been a leading congressional supporter of organized labor, social welfare measures and traditional progressive policies.