Why software preference mandates hurt us all

Posted by dave on Mar 3, 2004 8:41 AM EDT
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Editor's note: According to Bob Kramer, "...the Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) was created to address the proliferation of restrictive 'preference' proposals springing up across the globe. Virtually all of these proposals have been structured to favor free and/or open source software (OSS) over other viable alternatives in government procurements." Kramer doesn't think this is a good idea. He wrote this article in response to Joe Barr's recent NewsForge commentary about the United Nations World Summit on Information Society.

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