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	Initiative for Software Choice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Initiative_for_Software_Choice (119 words)

	Free Software Matters: Free Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Considering that they're posing as freedom fighters, the members of this so-called initiative are surprisingly alarmed by the ongoing outbreak of freedom.
		Free software is available at zero marginal cost to all the world's governments, which are responsible for wise use of taxes and can no longer justify paying out public funds in massive subsidies to Microsoft.
		Naturally there is an enormous reduction in the cost of acquiring software; indeed, those governments which have been under pressure to stop using pirated copies of proprietary software are also realizing that adoption of free software substantially improves user satisfaction and eliminates the need for the proprietary software, at no cost.
	emoglen.law.columbia.edu /publications/lu-23.html (893 words)

	Group campaigns against open source \| CNET News.com
		The Initiative for Software Choice, which launched quietly in early May, is chaired by an industry body called the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), but its biggest software industry backer is Microsoft.
		Software Choice takes aim specifically at more aggressive policies, such as those being pushed in California and Peru, which would place restrictions on the purchase of proprietary software by public bodies.
		While Software Choice's principles rarely mention open-source initiatives directly, they include a provision that governments should promote a "broad availability" of the results of publicly funded research by making sure these results are kept clear of such open-source licenses as the GNU General Public License (GPL), used by Linux.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-949635.html (1115 words)

	The politics of open-source software \| Perspectives \| CNET News.com
		The ISC is by far the most vocal opponent of a growing trend: Legislation that, if enacted, would all but prohibit government agencies from purchasing proprietary software for their own use.
		Free software is defined as follows: unrestricted use of the program, unrestricted access to the source code, unrestricted ability to make copies and redistribute them and unrestricted ability to alter the software.
		ISC's critics in the open-source and free-software movements claim that the initiative is little more than a front for Microsoft, which has identified free software as a deadly serious competitive threat.
	news.com.com /2010-1071_3-1025268.html (1658 words)

	Initiative for Software Choice - Open source and Linux in Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		or free software is used in preference to proprietary software.
		The Software Choice part of the name can be considered to mean 'we don't mind if you have the choice between proprietary and free or open source software, but your Government should never try to influence you away from proprietary software'.
		Certainly if you believe in free software, you may wish to campaign to get the organisation concerned to remove its support from the Initiative for Software Choice.
	www.asiaosc.org /enwiki/page/Initiative_for_Software_Choice.html (333 words)

	MS leads lobby against open source \| Tech News on ZDNet
		Software Choice takes aim specifically at the more aggressive policies, such as those being pushed in California and Peru, which would place restrictions on the state purchase of proprietary software.
		While Software Choice's principles rarely mention open source directly, they include a provision that governments should promote "broad availability" of the results of publicly funded research by steering clear of such open-source licenses as the GNU General Public License, used by Linux.
		A recent European Commission report recommended that European administrations should share software on an open-source licensing basis, to cut soaring e-government information technology costs which, it says, are set to rise by 28 percent to 6.6bn euros (about £4bn) this year.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-949527.html (1162 words)

	Initiative for Software Choice - Backed by Microsoft? \| Jef's web files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To add a note of levity to the occasion of this new report, there is a group, backed by Microsoft, called the Initiative for Software Choice, that opposes the emphasis on open-source software.
		If one group puts an initiative on the ballet (an initiative to reduce cancer, for example), the opposinggroup never puts up a counter initiative (for example, an initiative to increase cancer).
		In effect, the initiative, is designed to "protect" the consumers' right to choose proprietary software that locks users into the Microsoft monopoly approach.
	www.jefallbright.net /node/718 (211 words)

	Shared Source Initiative: Open Source Software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Free Software advocates believe software is akin to speech and should be free in the sense of "liberty." In their view, proprietary ownership of software is morally wrong and steps should be taken to ensure that software is owned by the society at large.
		Commercial Software interests believe software is a form of property and should be protected with a variety of intellectual property laws.
		For example, Free Software advocates oppose software patents and are actively seeking to eliminate the ability of innovators to patent and protect new software advances.
	www.microsoft.com /resources/sharedsource/Government/opensource.mspx (1831 words)

	Mandate open source? Wait a minute \| Tech News on ZDNet
		Wendy, spokesman and policy counsel for the Initiative for Software Choice, says he just wants to make sure government agencies don't unduly favor open-source or free programs over proprietary software.
		Wendy and the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) are by far the most vocal opponents of a growing trend that they believe may jeopardize the future of the worldwide commercial software industry.
		The reasons for the initiatives are complex and varied, but some governments have cited Microsoft's relatively expensive licensing terms, while other measures are probably driven by more domestic concerns.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-1025351.html (1712 words)

	Open Data Format Initiative: Initiative for Software Choice vs. Sincere Choice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For those keeping score at home, the Initiative for Software Choice was formed to combat the open source laws, Sincere Choice was formed to combat the Initiative for Software Choice, and this indirectly to support open source laws.
		It also lists an article by Tim O'Reilly [8/15/02]as being in support of the ISC, when he immediately posted a disclaimer at the top denying this, and later wrote a longer article explaining that he was on the side of Sincere Choice [9/27/02].
		The ISC does not mention open data formats, once again showing that this is a benefit of open source laws that nobody seems to have an argument against.
	odfi.org /archives/000010.html (614 words)

	Group campaigns against open source - Hardware - News - ZDNet Asia
		Wednesday, August 14 2002 10:55 AM Microsoft and other software companies are ramping up a lobbying effort that aims to convince governments to think again about adopting open-source software.
		What marks open-source software as different from proprietary applications is the license under which it is distributed.
		A recent European Commission report recommended that European administrations should share software on an open-source licensing basis, to cut soaring e-government information technology costs that, it says, are set to rise by 28 percent to about US$6.7 billion (6.6 billion euros) this year.
	www.zdnetasia.com /news/hardware/0,39042972,39072261,00.htm (1180 words)

	State may drop Office software - The Boston Globe
		If the state buys new software, it might not be able to understand files generated by older programs.
		Melanie Wyne, executive director of CompTIA's Initiative for Software Choice, said that implementing the standard would be costly to taxpayers.
		She said it would also put software companies with proprietary file formats at an unfair disadvantage when bidding for state contracts.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2005/09/02/state_may_drop_office_software (621 words)

	cluetrain manifesto - chapter one
		Despite the funky hacker roots of the initial directory Yang and Filo built, Yahoo now describes itself as a "global media company," thus claiming a closer spiritual kinship with Disney and Murdoch than with the culture that originally put it on the map.
		Choice and quality ruled the day, and consumer enthusiasm for the resulting array of new product options forever undermined the foundations of yesterday's mass-market economy.
		The best software, design, music, graphics, writing — elegant, artistic, fantastically interesting and valuable content — are coming out of places where people feel their creativity is valued.
	www.cluetrain.com /apocalypso.html (12249 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Linux battle becomes political
		Many governments like this software because it is cheap, has a ready source of experts to help with problems, runs on a huge variety of hardware and does not lock them into lengthy licence agreements.
		The ISC denies that it too has a bias towards its key supporter Microsoft and said it counted open source companies among its members.
		The statement states the ISC was formed amid "concerns that policy-makers, through government procurement policies, research funding or standards policies, may seek to favour one software development model over another".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/2193275.stm (736 words)

	Wired News: Open-Source Tug of War Heats Up (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Legislation advocating government use of open-source software is un-American, anticompetitive, bad for business and hell on the economy and taxpayers, according to the Initiative for Software Choice.
		The Initiative for Software Choice has been lobbying against such laws since May, and intends to step up its efforts over the next few weeks to block the adoption of pending open-source preference proposals in Europe and South America.
		The ISC says such legislation, which is also pending in the Ukraine, Columbia and Peru, acts as a barrier to trade for American companies and runs afoul of various treaties and World Trade Organization rules.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,55354,00.html (722 words)

	Forums - Software "choice" initiative to try to battle free software (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, with recent news of state and foreign governments (like California and Peru) advocating the use of free/open source software, large software companies, like Microsoft, are now concerned of losing their proprietary software lock down in governmental institutions.
		Although they cleverly avoid mentioning open source directly, they do advoate that publicly-funded research should avoid using the GNU General Public License (GPL), , a popular free software licensed used by such software packages as Linux.
		This license helps protect software code from being included into propriertary software products where users are not allowed access to the source code.
	www.prwatch.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1088&mode=threaded (956 words)

	Software Choice vs. Sincere Choice
		In a recent article about the efforts of the Institute for Software Choice's efforts to deflect legislation promoting open source software, Wired News cites me as someone who agrees with the ISC in principle, and contrasts my views with those of Bruce Perens, who argues that ISC is trying to maintain the status quo.
		Of course, now that the battle has been foolishly joined, the ISC is not going to go away, and open source in government advocates are going to have to sup at the table they have set.
		Now that the battle is joined, put me on the side of Bruce's sincere choice rather than proprietary vendors' so-called software choice.
	www.oreillynet.com /pub/wlg/2066 (2609 words)

	Wired News: Raided Firm's Software Checks Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Software designed by Ptech, a Massachusetts technology firm U.S. federal agents suspect might be linked to terrorist groups, does not appear to threaten national security.
		Initial reports indicate that Ptech's software was not engineered to allow attackers easy access to government databases.
		But Michael Wendy, of the Initiative for Software Choice, a lobbying organization that's battling to block governments from passing legislation encouraging or mandating the use of open-source software, cautioned against making any "sweeping security conclusions from this event or anything similar that may occur."
	www.wired.com /news/conflict/0,2100,56777,00.html (784 words)

	Sincere Choice
		Software vendors should compete fairly on the merit of their products, rather than by attempting to lock each other's products out of the market.
		The Initiative for Software Choice, not to be confused with Sincere Choice, is an effort organized under CompTIA and (we believe) driven by Microsoft.
		Although they appear to be promoting similar goals to ours, their policies are written to maintain an unfair bias for proprietary software in the market.
	sincerechoice.org (342 words)

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	ukcdr.org /lists/ukcdr/2002-August/002915.html (153 words)

	Study shows governments' open-source embrace \| CNET News.com
		The efforts include measures to investigate open-source software or give it preference in purchasing decisions, according to a draft study published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
		Lobbying groups such as the Initiative for Software Choice--funded by Microsoft and others--argue strongly against policies to require or favor open-source software.
		Open-source software may be freely seen, modified and redistributed by anyone.
	news.com.com /Study+shows+governments%27+open-source+embrace/2100-7344_3-5345709.html?part=rss&tag=5345709&subj=news.7344.20 (329 words)

	NewsForge \| Perens on Sincere Choice political push and what's next for him
		Perens has also been getting coverage for his Sincere Choice initiative, a political platform responding to the Microsoft-backed Initiative for Software Choice, with "choice" meaning customers should be able to choose either proprietary software or...
		Open Source software for them is perfectly adequate for doing business, and it's something they can maintain in their country.
		Where it says, "our members support a range of software choices," I think I have I have to change that to, "our members represent a range of software choices." Which means that not all of them support all the choices.
	newsforge.com /newsforge/02/09/12/2040246.shtml?tid%3D19 (1857 words)

	Shared Source Initiative: Government and Policy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Software innovation is a driving force for economic, social, and technological progress.
		Allowing multiple development, licensing, and distribution models to compete on their own merits is the best way to promote software innovation, and to ensure that customers, both public and private, have a range of choices in their software-procurement decisions.
		Public RandD funding policies that maximize opportunities for publicly-funded software innovations to be kept in the public domain or commercialized by local companies.
	www.microsoft.com /resources/sharedsource/Government/default.mspx (213 words)

	IP Access - Open source trade clash. Washington-based and Microsoft-supported Initiative for Software Choice has ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Washington-based and Microsoft-supported Initiative for Software Choice has heavily criticised SA's moves to introduce open source preference legislation, labelling it `hidden protectionism' that discriminates against US softw
		Washington-based and Microsoft-supported Initiative for Software Choice has heavily criticised SA's moves to introduce open source preference legislation, labelling it `hidden protectionism' that discriminates against US software companies.
		ISC policy counsel Mike Wendy said the ISC did not oppose the use of open source software, but was concerned that legislation may be used to give it an unfair advantage.
	www.ipaccess.gov.au /content/index.phtml/itemId/40300 (163 words)

	[DMCA_Discuss] IP and the Initiative for Software Choice (not)... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		[DMCA_Discuss] IP and the Initiative for Software Choice (not)...
		-miriam from http://softwarechoice.org Principles for Software Choice Maintain a choice of strong intellectual property protections Policymakers should not make rigid intellectual property licensing choices a precondition for eligibility for procurement, nor should they discriminate between developers that choose to license their intellectual property on commercial terms, and developers that choose not to charge licensing fees.
		Commercial and community-based software developers both typically rely on intellectual property rights, though some seek compensation for their exercise of intellectual property rights while others refrain from charging fees.
	lists.microshaft.org /pipermail/dmca_discuss/2002-August/003274.html (261 words)

	Linux ensnares another European city: ZDNet Australia: News: Software
		The Initiative for Software Choice, a lobbying and advocacy group, strongly opposes cases in which governments mandate use of or preference for open-source software.
		The Initiative for Software Choice, part of the larger Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), has active participation from members including Microsoft, Intel, EDS and the German Software Association, Wendy said.
		And for servers, the costs of software licenses and support is about half for Linux than for Windows, he added.
	www.zdnet.com.au /news/software/0,2000061733,39150869,00.htm (1077 words)

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