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October 24, 2005
European Software Association founded
In what must have been a low-key event (I didn't read anything about this until seeing something here), Europe now has a European Software Association.
Created in October 2005, the European Software Association is the voice of the European Independent Software Vendor (ISV) community. ISVs comprising the association work with EU policy makers and other European stakeholders to foster an environment that supports innovation and competitiveness within the European software industry, and that supports the needs of other European business communities.
At the moment the list of member companies doesn't exactly make me think that Open Source will be playing a major role in this (but that may change over time I guess).
On a side-note, the ESA website was done by Kellen Interactive, a company based in the US.
Posted by Matthew at October 24, 2005 03:47 PM
Comments
Did you notice that there is a US (Microsoft) and South African (UCS Solutions) member in this European Software Association ?
Posted by: Stephane Bailliez at October 24, 2005 04:21 PM
For some press comments see http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/65179 - ugghhh...
Posted by: Erik Abele at October 24, 2005 04:24 PM
In fact, it is now known that the ESA is funded mostly by Microsoft (as it does for the local French AFDEL which was announced at about the same date). Observers believe that this is a move to ease the hectic relationship between Redmond and Brussels.
Posted by: jmchauvet at October 28, 2005 04:14 PM