That said, I do find this appointment disturbing. It’s not like MS even employs that many people in MA.

I’ve been a strong supporter of Deval since the very early days (met him at a town Dem. committee picnic), and don’t think this appt. is consistent with his grassroots approach.

That said, there is a branch of the Democratic Party that is overly protective of intellectual property (think Hollywood and DRM), and this logic can apply to Microsoft’s “intellectual property” as manifested by it’s closed file formats.

I will attend the tech. working committee meeting to complain about this if I am in town. Will you join me?