Depending on how liberal a definition of software industry one uses, another example is: Tom Massie, now a Representative from Kentucky, invented PHANTOM while at MIT (he won the Lemelson Student Prize for this) and founded SensAbleTechnologies. http://lemelson.mit.edu/winners/thomas-massie http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2012/05/17/from-mit-entrepreneur-to-tea-party-... http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/11/meet-representative-thomas-massie-con... https://massie.house.gov/about Debbie Douglas On Feb 25, 2017, at 10:41 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu> wrote:
As a follow up to Ayyadurai's candidacy -- have there been any previous instances of people who identify with the software industry running for major political office in the United states or internationally?
--Andrew
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Andrew Meade McGee <amm5ae@virginia.edu> wrote: Continuing with the ongoing saga of V. A. Shiva and his claims regarding the invention of e-mail, that gentleman has just announced his candidacy for the United States Senate.
https://twitter.com/va_shiva/status/835420061993218048
As several SIGCIS contributors noted earlier this month, this nicely parallels the upcoming SHOT themes of technology and democracy. "Alternate facts" about the history of technology will play a major public element of this campaign next year.
--Andrew
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