The Mass. governor gets computer-geek kudos. One slashdot commenter:

Wow, the first time in a long time that a politician has done something
that made me happy. I think I would vote for this guy for president,
just based on this alone.
What does it say about him? He isn’t blinded by special interests. He is
not swayed by all the bad press and slander microsoft can pull off. He
has enough moral backbone to make a stand, even in something relatively
minor like this. In a political environment where any lobbyist with
enough dough can get a law, that means a lot.