____/ Doug Mentohl on Wednesday 20 June 2007 16:19 : \____
> "The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is
> criticizing last month's decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland
> Security (DHS) to exclusively use Microsoft Corp. software"
>
> bijcc6$9qt2n$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is
> criticizing a decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
> to use Microsoft Corp. software"
>
>
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,84434,00.html
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| That agreement was nearly imperiled last weekend, though. Gerri
| Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Worldwide Public
| Sector division, sent an e-mail message to fellow commissioners
| Friday evening saying that she "vigorously" objected to a paragraph
| in which the panel embraced and encouraged the development of open
| source software and open content projects in higher education.
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http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/01/commission
Study: open source needs official support;
Lobbyist disagrees with "flawed" conclusions
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| Now, the ISC is widely regarded as a shill for Microsoft, although
| the member list also includes companies like Intel, Autodesk, and
| RSA Security (now an EMC subsidiary). The 300-strong member list is
| mostly padded with lesser lights such as Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi(
| Turkey), ThreeSixtyDegreez (Pakistan), and Datoprogrammu Apgads
| (Latvia). The institute pushes hard for the right to patent
| software, alongside regular bashings of open source businesses.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061017-8011.html
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