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

Written By
AU
Andy Updegrove
Dec 6, 2005

“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…”

Complete
Story

AU

Andy Updegrove

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