So tonight I was up late as usual. This time I found myself watching the results from "Super Tuesday" and eating Milk Duds. As I saw the results pouring in from across the country a question came to mind:

My guess is probably not, which is sad. Think about the current issues around patent reform. Does open source play a role? If so, shouldn't the candidates have some basic knowledge of open source?

It's with that in mind that I put together a little survey. Assume for a moment that a knowledge of open source is prerequisite (or integral) in solving issues like patent reform. Who would you vote for? In other words, who would be the best candidate for the open source community? Here's a little poll to tally your votes. I took the top three performing candidates from the two major parties.

Ok, so the poll is simple, and perhaps could be expanded on. However, I think it will serve it's purpose. It would be great to see as many people from the community as possible participate. So feel free to spread it around. In fact, please blog about this issue on your site. Here's the code to include the poll:

<!-- begin poll --><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://s3.polldaddy.com/p/290674.js"></script><noscript> <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com" >polls</a> - <a href ="http://www.polldaddy.com/p/290674/" >Take Our Poll</a> </noscript><a href="http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-whurley/whurley/">opensville</a><!-- end poll -->

I'll leave the poll open until 11:59am Tuesday the 12th, and post a results blog on Wednesday the 13th. Thanks in advance for sharing your opinion.

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