Could the legislature smother the move to open source document formats before it begins? Sharp Tools worries that's the case, citing a friend who was at the legislative hearing:Microsoft had sent a local Beacon Hill professional lobbyist, … [Read more...]
Archives for November 25, 2005
Shorter Dick Cheney:
"We're fools but not liars."Ha ha, I know, I know... they're both. … [Read more...]
Another Trio of Special Elections
1st Bristol - Foxboro and half of Mansfield & NortonState Rep. Michael Coppola, R-Foxboro, died of cancer earlier this year. His widow, Ginny Coppola, has been recruited to run to replace him. She has some state house experience, having … [Read more...]
More thoughts on the Delahunt-Chavez oil deal
Thanks to Ken at Dirty Water for noting a different take on the Delahunt-Chavez oil deal. Steve Bailey, one of the Globe's business columnists, writes that he's no Bush fan, but he still doesn't like Hugo Chavez … [Read more...]
Get the blue laws out of this blue state
Please, please, will someone repeal our ghastly blue laws? It's ridiculous enough that our chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General and would-be Governor Tom Reilly, had nothing better to do one day this week than to write a … [Read more...]
My open source software full disclosure
Here's my full disclosure regarding open-source/Free software issues: My brother once worked for the Free Software Foundation, which essentially invented open-source; he now works for, and I have stock in, Red Hat, a company which makes … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
I'm heading off to the homestead for the traditional gathering of family and friends, and the annual exercise in overeating. I chipped in a donation to Rosie's Place this morning. If you have a chance, pick a similarly worthy … [Read more...]