Support the Software Rose Campaign

Where do we want to go today? To the Brussels Tea Party! Don't forget to take the @-,-'— with you!

It is time for our governments to act. Public institutions should not force citizens into software dependencies and pay the Bill.

We are concerned that a foreign software monopolist

hires former senior politicians
puts pressure on sovereign governments and interferes into domestic policy making
deceives domestic policy makers by setting up astroturf campaigns and corrupting professional terms as 'open standards'
ignores and insults our competent competition authorities
promotes anti-competitive softpatent laws
taxes users of its broken monopoly software
endangers our national security

only use Free and Open Source Software¹
strengthen antitrust measures and institutions
improve interoperability enforcement and open standards adherence
promote the use and development of Linux and free software²
finance the development of key FLOSS projects as to
- enable IT-Independence and choice
- secure free and competitive markets
- build up a credible threat of force to ensure antitrust compliance
- improve monopoly software procurement conditions
ban monopolist puppets from entering public ICT Committees and standard bodies
monitor the activities of foreign sock puppets by the national services