On Tue, September 12, 2006 16:55, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 08:03 -0700, Adam Moore wrote: >> Wow. If whomever represented OOo to these people really came off this >> way I >> hope they realize that they have done OOo a disservice and we should >> seriously consider if they should be representing OOo again. Is the >> person >> who talked to them willing to give their view of what happened? > > It would be useful to know if this really is policy that has the backing > of the Community Council. It makes the Community look very bad if it is > seen to be trying to negate any options on interoperability. Of course > this could be a Microsoft ploy to make the OOo community appear as bad > as it is. A statement from the leadership stating unambiguously the > project position on interoperability would be a useful thing because > without it, just about anyone can say anything.
I don't remember this being discussed by the CC - I think the CC list is public? http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=discuss OOo played a leadership role in creating this open standard - it would be bizarre to oppose its use by others. Conspiracy theorists may query the motivation of some of the "others" in why they want to use it, but no-one should query their right to do so. John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
