Rtm's going to attend the next YC dinner using a QA<p><a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4298623.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/429862...</a><p>which actually bear more than a passing resemblance to him...
From the article:<p><i>Again, Gartner was saying the technology would take away $3.5 billion from the airline industry - this year. And that's just airline tickets. The total figure of corporate savings would also include room, board and other travel-related expenses.<p>All of this adds up to a persuasive return on investment (ROI). "Most telepresence systems pay for themselves within a year," said Erika Schroeder, senior marketing manager of Cisco TelePresence.</i>