On Tuesday 05 December 2006 20:48, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > My last comments on this ... > > Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Except that some faceless, nameless, identity-less non-entity at > > the upper levels of LPI has now decided to change that ... > > OK, so I'm ticked off ... > > But remember that almost no-one supports LPI for purely logical > > reasons ... > > Of those various, allegedly non-existent "industry" influences, I'm > sure at least some of those with the "six sisters" would strongly > disagree with you.
I'm not familiar with the term "six sisters". But I'll gladly listen to them describing what they need, and I'm always open to being shown if I am incorrect. > If you don't know who I mean, I'd have to > question if you attended any TAC and have worked with Matt or anyone > else at LPI. Yes I have worked with LPI closely on several projects, but always remotely as I do not live in North America. I was invited to this years TAC but could not attend for reasons of logistics and time constraints. I may not be in your league technically, and I do not contribute to LPI in the way you do, but like yourself, my commitment and contribution to LPI is not in doubt. > > We do it because it's cool ... > > Could you _please_ stop responding on-behalf of _all_ of us? > Especially for people like myself, professionally at odds with 97% of > Linux professionals most of the time. ;-> Then somehow I must be one of those 3%. But if you feel I was in error by making a general statement that you disagree with, then I apologize to you for creating that effect. I was aiming for the 97%, knowing that I cannot appeal to everyone all the time > First rule of standards development: > People _differ_ in what is important. > > Second rule of standards development: > Industry is what _makes_ products and _employs_ people. > > Seen far too many IEEE standards fly because they realized rules #1 > and #2 as well as tank because they didn't (especially #2). OK, these are valid points and you obviously have expertise in this area, witness your address domain. But I don't see how it's germane to the overall thread which is not about the intent of the policy change, but it's implementation and how it affects LPI alumni. alan _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
