ConsortiumInfo: Team ODF: Back on Offense (Did he Mention Massachusetts?)

"But the real government fun was to come a few hours later (less than an hour ago, as I write this), when Michael D. Rhodin, General Manager of Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software for IBM--and resident in Massachusetts--emailed and faxed a letter to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, announcing in great detail how the new technology had been developed in... (wait for it)... Massachusetts. Here are a few excerpts (the complete letter appears at the end of this entry):

"I'd like to share some information on an exciting new IBM product that was built in Massachusetts but is expected to have implications on both a national and international level..."

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