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MA Governor Wants More New Tech

Posted by Zonk on from the why-is-it-about-asia-at-all dept.

turnitover writes "Cryptically stating that Asia wants the U.S. to become 'the France of the 21st century,' Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made a public call for more innovation in technology, reports eWEEK.com. He urged more investment and development and, yes, a move to OpenDocument, as reported previously on Slashdot." From the article: "Underlining the challenge, Romney said leaders of one technology firm in Massachusetts anticipated that 90 percent of its skilled labor would be in Asia in 10 years. He also pointed to statistics that show the United States graduating only 4,400 mathematics and science PhDs each year compared with 24,900 math and science PhDs for greater Asia."

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  1. Asia wants the U.S. to be France? by intmainvoid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cause France is turning out reeeaaal well right now!

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  2. Making America the next France? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The first thing that came to mind when I read that wasn't "We Surrender!", it was "Do you want fries with that?"