Hi Bjorn, BJörn Lindqvist wrote: > On 10/31/07, Jody Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is uncomfortable acting as a representative of the foundation in >> a role that many members do not agree should exist. My private >> preferences should not negatively impact the foundation, or go >> against the will of the majority of members. > > A representative should be representative of the people he or she is > representing. Can you be representative if your personal opinion is > diametrically opposite to the one you are representing? I mean, you > are doing a really great technical job improving OOXML while most in > the community really want the standardization process to fail.
Are you seriously suggesting that it's in the best interests of our users, of GNUmeric users and Abiword users, not to be able to open OOXML files? I disagree with your statement that most in the community want the standardisation process to fail - I would suggest that most want the standardisation effort to be sincere. I believe I understand Microsoft's motivation for standardisation - get around all those pesky governments & public bodies insisting on open standards for information exchange. If that is the motivation, then I also want the ECMA to decline the standard. This may be our last chance for years to get comprehensive documentation of the file format out of MS. If ECMA standardisation does not go through, then Microsoft have nothing to gain by publishing more & more information about its formats. Cheers, Dave. PS. On a point of information (as we used to say in the debating society), Jody no longer works for Novell. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
