From Tina Gasperson's "LinuxWorld expo wrapup" report on 7 April, http://business.newsforge.com/business/06/04/06/1734213.shtml?tid=18
<quote> The most enthusiastic "booth being" at the show was OpenOffice.org's Louis Suarez-Potts. He was practically jumping up and down as he talked to me about the importance of open standards and how we should go about deciding what becomes a standard. It takes time, he said, and it should take time because standards absolutely must be vendor-neutral and platform-agnostic. He said vendor consortiums will help streamline open standards support, and he believes open source licenses need to be streamlined and simplified if open source is to dominate the playing field. The open standards platform has a long way to go in terms of overall industry awareness, if my informal survey was any indicator. I queried booths in the .org pavilion and in the "corporate sector" about the importance of open standards, and with the exception of OpenOffice.org, I got blank stares and stuttering. </quote> --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
