Microsoft lobby opens fire on open source (News.com)

[Posted August 15, 2002 by cook]

News.com reports on the CompTIA lobbying group's Initiative for Software Choice. "The initiative takes aim squarely at what has become one of the major themes in the software business this year: government use of open-source software, best known as the development model behind the Linux operating system. Governments in France, Germany, Peru and other countries have passed or are considering bills that would encourage the use of open-source software in the public sector." Microsoft is the largest supporter of the group, Intel is also a member.

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