Investigation of Peter Quinn is Despicable

Tom Adelstein <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:17:54 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.usage.government
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The links to this are here:

http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/48545/index.html

> Two Boston Globe writers got a tip that Peter Quinn had taken trips to 
> open source conferences. So when Bostonians opened their newspapers 
> this morning, the story 
> <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/11/26/romney_administration_reviewing_trips_made_by_technology_chief/>was 
> plastered on the front page. It stinks.
>
> While we have documents showing Microsoft's lobbyists paying 
> <http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/38971/> for big trips for the 
> former House Majority Leader and his family to go to England and 
> Scotland, Mr. Quinn wade trips to boring conferences. The prices were 
> cheap too 
> <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/11/26/quinnstravels>.
>
> To what depths will Redmond stoop to save their cash cow? They 
> certainly don't mind ruining a man's career. This is another desparate 
> attempt <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/8566> to discredit 
> Massachusetts OpenDocument adoption while no one is watching on a 
> holiday weekend. And what was Quinn attempting to do? Save taxpayers 
> money.
>