EC Rebuffs Microsoft Over Open-source Report
News Since publication of the report, the European Commission has come under further pressure from CompTIA, which is part-funded by Microsoft. The software giant also commissioned a respected university academic to back its case and enlisted the help of...
[February 8, 2007, 13:41]
When Goliath Manipulated Goliath
Blog Jan 25, 2007 CompTIA calls us to ask us to distance the European Commission from the report. Jan 18, 2007 Microsoft-funded organisation, the Initiative for Software Choice, which is headed by CompTIA, writes to the Commission asking it to address...
[January 31, 2007, 11:13]
Campaigners Celebrate Patent Directive Defeat
News Although pro-patent campaign groups such as CompTIA, EICTA and Intellect had lobbied for the directive to be passed by parliament, they claim to welcome the European Parliament's decision. Hugo Lueders, director of public policy at CompTIA
[July 7, 2005, 16:45]
Bush Challenges EC Over Internet Governance
News The CompTIA trade association, for instance, has stressed that it supports a "market-based solutions" approach rather than expanded UN control. In a sign that traditionally obscure discussions about Internet control have taken on new prominence...
[October 21, 2005, 11:30]
Internet Explorer 'most Influential' Tech Product
News On another occasion, when the European Commission fined Microsoft last year for not sharing or licensing protocol information with its rivals, CompTIA called the $357m (£175m) fine "arbitrary and capricious".
[July 31, 2007, 16:04]
Calling IT Pros: The Jobs Are Out There
News Research conducted by IDC on behalf of industry body CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association) showed that the skills gap is at its widest in the networking sector. Steve Gilroy, VP of marketing at CompTIA, said there are far more jobs...
[August 21, 2002, 10:03]
European Commission Denies Favouring Open Source
News The ISC's external affairs are handled by CompTIA, which is funded by several IT vendors including Microsoft. The European Commission has distanced itself from a report it commissioned that endorsed the use of open-source software.
[January 30, 2007, 11:48]
Europe To Push Open Source For E-government
News A US-based industry body called CompTIA is also fighting open source in government via the Initiative for Software Choice. The European Commission is placing open standards and open-source software at the centre of its efforts to promote...
[July 21, 2003, 13:34]
Revealed: Tech Titans Of The Past 25 Years
News Earlier this year, CompTIA threw its weight behind Microsoft in Redmond's fight against an European Commission report, which allegedly favoured open-source software. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a 25-year-old trade body...
[November 13, 2007, 13:08]
When Goliath Manipulated Goliath
Blog Comment I should point out that the EC did not "distance itself" from the report, as ZDNet (or CompTIA) might suggest - the EC commissioned the report and published it, and did not (and never planned to) make an immediate policy change.
[February 2, 2007, 9:08]
EC: We'd Accept Software Patent Defeat
News Industry associations CompTIA, the Business Software Alliance and the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association have expressed their approval of the EU Council's endorsement.
[March 9, 2005, 11:45]
'Deceptive' Patent Lobbying Sparks Calls For Transparency
News A spokesman for CompTIA, which had lobbied in favour of the directive, agreed that transparency is essential. The directive was rejected by the European Parliament last week, in what was considered a victory for anti-patent campaigners.
[July 11, 2005, 14:15]
Software Patent Directive Adopted
News Hugo Lueders, the director of public policy at pro-patent organisation CompTIA, said he is pleased the Council has adopted the directive. The European Council adopted the software patent directive on Monday, despite requests from Denmark, Poland...
[March 7, 2005, 9:45]
Patent Restart Request Ratified
News Hugo Lueders, the director of public policy at pro-patent organisation CompTIA, is also unsure what will happen next. The European Parliament's request for the software patent directive to be started from scratch was ratified by senior members of...
[February 17, 2005, 14:50]
BCS Joins European E-skills Push
News E-Skills ILB's members include Cisco, CompTIA, ECDL Foundation, Econet, Eito, European Software Association, Exin, Global Knowledge Network, HP, Inlea Foundation, Intel, Microsoft, Prometric, Oracle and Siemens.
[May 28, 2008, 15:10]
Microsoft Fine Splits Industry
News The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a third-party intervener that testified during a Microsoft and European Commission hearing in April, echoed those comments and described the Commission's fines as "arbitrary and capricious".
[July 13, 2006, 10:05]
Software Patent Directive Rejected
News While many SMEs, free software advocates and software developers have spoken out against the directive from the start, various large companies have lobbied for the directive, often via campaign groups such as the Business Software Alliance, EICTA...
[July 6, 2005, 12:25]
