On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 16:41 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > Hello, > > Ian Lynch a écrit : > > On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 13:09 -0500, Sean W. O'Quin wrote: > > > >> I think that we should put out some sort of counter press release stating > >> that Open Document Foundation has nothing to do with OpenOffice.org as this > >> story has now been picked up by Slashdot and there may be a great deal of > >> confusion as to what is really going on. > >> > > > > >From what I read of the Slashdot thread, the OD Foundation was exposed > > for its lack of real substance. Putting out a press release has the > > danger of making it seem more important than it really is. > > > > Ian > > > I for one would agree with Ian here (everything happens). Regardless of > the technical expertise of the OD Foundation, I believe they've been > sending the wrong message. But I wish them good luck, because they may > be up to something interesting.
Yes, its just not odf by definition so their web site just seems a bit out of date. > Wrt to the Fellowship, I'd be cautious of calling it the "grassroots" Well the people in the OD Fellowship are generally individuals rather than companies or organisations whereas the members of the ODF Alliance are organisations. Its just a way of drawing a distinction between different groups that are supporting ODF in different ways. > organization on ODF. Let's avoid labeling this or that group in these > ways, as there are others out there. For instance my name is quoted as > one of the co-authors of ODF 1.1, but I don't call myself "the" author > of ODF (if I were to do that we all would have a good laugh I guess). No, but you would be reasonable in calling yourself an author of that document. I'm happy to use the indefinite article rather than the definite if people can show me another group that is specifically focused on ODF. OOo is a community focused on a product that uses ODF and as such will contribute to its development but that is coming from a rather different focus. Apart from the OD Fellowship I'm just not aware of any other group of individuals specifically focused ODF in general rather than applications that use it. I'm quite happy to be corrected if there is another such group and I'd be interested to make contact with them. Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
