On 11/14/2006 06:33 PM, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Tuesday 14 November 2006 17:49, Saill White wrote:
>> Actually it would be great if the execs who put together the deal DID >> resort to an IRC channel. Everyone present was just as clueless about >> the real motives as we all are. > > If you're so distrustful of the motives of the executives, then why > would you care what they wrote in an IRC chat? Do YOU believe that the main factor in the decision was customer demand for interoperability? > Face it, people do not and cannot know each other's minds. One speaks, > the other listens and decides whether to believe what was said or not. > Exactly. But sometimes discourse has a ring of truth to it. Most everything said on this list has it. There may be a great deal of dissent, but everyone is speaking his or her mind, openly and freely. That is why reading this is fascinating. Reading Mr. Jaffe's blog or listening to Mr. Hovsepian's podcast is boring as hell. There is no realness, only spin. It's not the whole truth and I believe you know that as well as I do. Contrast this with the IRC conversation. That is honesty. And ask yourself, if this is a Good Thing, why weren't the Novell developers, those closest to the community, involved from the beginning? > In the end, the contracts and licenses are what matter, not what one > person says or another person believes was the reason for entering into > them. > The parties entering into contracts and licenses remain in control of how they want to amend or enforce them in the future. The intent is of paramount importance. > > > Randall Schulz Saill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
