Politician pushing open sauce gets visit from Microsoft gang

ODF? Just say no. If you please

By INQUIRER staff

Sat Apr 28 2007, 12:04

A POLITICIAN who tagged on an amendment to a bill proposing support for open source document formats had a visit from three lobbyists within an hour of it being read, according to Market Watch.

Ed Holman, who represents a central Florida constituency in the state's legislature, didn't say what kind of suits they were wearing but apparently the Volistas aren't very keen on ODF for rather obvious reasons.

A lot of this lobbying is going on, says Market Watch, whose story is here. µ

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