On Feb 14, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: > On Feb 15, 2008, at 00:33, Ben Rockwood wrote: >> Many people offered up revisions and drafts >> and in the end Dr. Fielding cut through the crap and got it done. We >> were then where we are now, bickering like children while a small >> handful of people ignore it all and get the job done. > > While I would not want to minimise Roy's role, you're overlooking the > huge effort Stephen Hahn put into writing the current version of the > constitution.
Yep, not to mention interfacing with all the people behind the scenes at Sun who were apparently sending comments through Stephen (or sending comments only after being tracked down and grilled by him). In any case, it is kind of pointless to talk about it further. It doesn't matter what the constitution says if all power resides elsewhere, because eventually that power will corrupt even the most well-meant intentions. ....Roy
