This nonprofit organization, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), is one of the few major groups that has the nerve to go up against Microsoft in the public eye.
Latest report from them covers the problem that is inherent with a government using a monopolistic computer system. Gee, now where have I heard that before?
Macword mention of reportCCIA page of activitiesFull report can be downloaded from that page.
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Design flaws in Microsoft's products have recently been responsible for temporary closure of Maryland’s Department of Motor Vehicles offices, failure of the passenger check-in system at Air Canada, an intrusion on the Navy-Marine intranet, and cancellations and suspensions of service on the CSX railroad. Additionally, a Microsoft exploit managed to disable a safety monitoring system at an off-line nuclear power plant.
Take time to download some of the pdfs on the site to read their investigations.
This is one group we need to support.
