[PLUG] HB2892 Update: Bill Moves Forward!

[Phil Tomson]

On 18 Apr 2003, Cooper Stevenson wrote:

> David,
>
> On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 08:50, David Pool wrote:
> > Cooper,
> >
> > Can you reconcile your report with the Oregonian's today in the business section
> > titled "Open Source software bill stalls on opposition"?
>
> The General Government Committee dropped HB 2892 from discussion very
> abruptly. In fact, I am told that parties attending the discussion came
> to the work group conference room and were told at that time that there
> would be no work session.
>
> All of these events occurred within an hour of my writing the update.
>
> There is still a chance that this bill will move forward and I'm not
> giving up.
>
> I'll keep you posted.
>
>
> -Cooper


Any idea what the opposition was?  Are the Micro$oft lobbyists swaying
commitee members?

Phil