Did he Mention Mbuttachusetts
chrisv snip Not fully true. Misleading advertising *is* illegal. If someone sells a product that does not do what the ads implied, then not only you have...
"Rhodin lays it on the line in this letter, supporting Quinn by showing that open standards and open source can save significant money Ð something Quinn was questioned closely on during the earlier hearing:"
" As you heard previously, open standards help ensure flexibility and efficiency for business and governments around the world. To bring this discussion to life, allow me to direct your attention to an analysis done in France following the implementation of open source products at the French tax agency (Direction GŽnŽrale des Imp™ts). As a result of running software based on open standards, the agency is now saving around Û20m per year Ñ a considerable portion of the agency's Û200m yearly IT budget. "
begin oeprotect.scr The law's been like that here for as long as I've been around. We have an organisation called the "Advertising...
"But Rhodin's real message is to subtly point out that Romney - who is believed to be positioning himself for a presidential bid - has the choice of either latching on to ODF as a success story, or continue to backpedal as fast as he can away from a genuine Mbuttachusetts success story"
Did he mention Mbuttachusettes?
To answer that, one needs to read the full text at the end, "TEXT OF IBM LETTER TO GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY" from Michael D. Rhodin of IBM to "The Honorable Mitt Romney Governor, Commonwealth of Mbuttachusetts"
(- and the short answer is, "Well, just a bit in pbutting maybe"!)