On Mon, 2007-10-29 at 23:06 -0400, Luis Villa wrote: > On 6/10/07, Luis Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/10/07, Jody Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 08:18:54PM -0400, Luis Villa wrote: > > > > On 6/10/07, Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 1) ECMA > > > > > > > > > > We have the opportunity of joining ECMA as a non-profit > > > > > member. Jody has expressed an interest in being a representative > > > > > for GNOME, and suggested it would also be good to get someone > > > > > there from Abiword. > > > > > > > > > > ACTION: Behdad to contact Jody about the ECMA membership > > > > > application > > > > > and find a good candidate from Abiword to attend. Behdad to > > > > > work on getting a press release for our membership. > > > > > > > > What would our purpose be there? > > > > > > As a non-profit we (GNOME) would not have voting privileges. > > > The membership will serve as a mechanism to allow interested > > > foundation members to join ECMA committees. I'm advocating this in > > > relation to ECMA376/TC45 aka MS OfficeOpen XML. Committee members > > > have the ability to request clarifications and suggest improvements > > > in the text of the specification. For anyone implementing parts of > > > this format this is a golden chance to get enough documentation to > > > facilitate interoperability. > > > > Seems reasonable. > > > > Of course, I'd be more comfortable with it if we put out a press > > release saying something to the effect of 'we see no way to avoid > > implementing OOXML without screwing our users, so we're joining ECMA > > to make sure it sucks as little as possible. All other things being > > equal, we'd much prefer to implement a spec that has a much better > > patent grant, was developed through a more public process, uses open > > standards like mathml, etc., but since MS has a dominant market > > position, we don't have much of a choice in the matter.' > > So, uh... this apparently didn't happen, and now we're getting flamed > (rightfully) for appearing to give a stamp of approval to a deeply > flawed standard. So... when is the board making this happen?
Right. I should be blamed for not getting the press release out. Not that the flame is correct (it's not) or even would have been prevented by a press release. It's not like anybody cared to contact Jody or the board or foundation before flaming... > Luis -- behdad http://behdad.org/ "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list