IBM MOVE FOOLISH TO THE EDITOR:.(MAIN)

Byline: PATRICK P. ELLIS ALBANY

Gov. George Pataki made an excellent move in buying that surplus space from IBM, but then completely blew it by deciding to move 4,900 state workers down there.

The whole point of buying that space should have been to attract some high tech business to New York state. High tech computer firms are opening new plants all over the world. We have the workforce, and we now have the space, but …