Initiative for Software Choice
- Initiative for Software Choice
The Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is a group of companies "committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by government preference or mandate."
According to many Free Software advocates, ISC was founded by Microsoft as a reaction to the call for the adoption of Free Software by politicians in many countries.
The chair of the Initiative is the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
External links
* [http://softwarechoice.org Software Choice] (Official web site)
* [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/09/ms_software_choice_scheme/ MS 'Software Choice' scheme a clever fraud] , by Bruce Perens
* ZDNet: [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3798 Microsoft-sponsored lobbyist to the EU: It’s a mistake to floss us]
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