Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-25 Thread jamie
s are better off with a > clearer spec. Would it hurt so much to have a moratorium on MOOX dealings til after February next year when ISO standard is determined? Personally I would not want Gnome to touch it with a bargepole but I dont have a problem with spec improvement *after* February next year. I can see MS spinning this to their advantage and I believe playing safe here would be better for us in the short term jamie ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list

Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-25 Thread jamie
On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 12:18 -0500, Jody Goldberg wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 12:56:09PM +0000, jamie wrote: > > > > MOOX is most likely to become irrelevant IMO > Not agreed. its debatable and subjective - yes. I reject the notion its a foregone conclusion that MS ge

Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-25 Thread jamie
CMA as a > non-profit to allow Jody to continue his work sucking the documentation > blood from Microsoft's stone. > I know but that does not answer my question - could jody do this without foundation backing? if not then fair enough jamie __

Re: GNOME Foundation Statement on ECMA TC45-M Participation

2007-11-26 Thread jamie
On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:49 -0500, Gregory Leblanc wrote: > On Nov 25, 2007 12:39 PM, jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 12:18 -0500, Jody Goldberg wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 12:56:09PM +, jamie wrote: > > > > > Offi

Re: GNOME dependent on Mono

2007-11-29 Thread jamie
l. If it ever becomes mandatory, Gnome would probably fork and its as simple as that. The official GNOME approved desktop and platform is really the lowest common denominator for all its members - at least that is how I understand how they approve stuff for it. BoycottNovell are really "trolls r us&q

Re: GNOME dependent on Mono

2007-11-29 Thread jamie
its competitors (as Ms tech is more likely to be tainted with patents obviously) If novell want mono to be on the agenda then they really have to can their patent deal - I personally would object to any new mono apps proposed for Gnome because of it on the grounds I stated above jamie __

Re: GNOME dependent on Mono

2007-11-30 Thread jamie
xmas) the next thing will be 1.1 which will have the above plug-in functionality defined As always, lack of time is making progress on Xesam slow atm but its getting there jamie ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gn

Re: Proposal: Desktop Search hackfest

2008-07-21 Thread Jamie McCracken
ing myself will want to attend I would prefer it if it was Desktop search and *Metadata* as the search aspect is already well covered in Xesam but the use of a centralised metadata is critical to having a well integrated desktop. jamie ___ foundatio

Re: What do you think of the foundation?

2009-06-03 Thread Jamie McCracken
or aloof at times and they may also appear hostile to others but it rarely is a problem really - its part and parcel of any community Gnome is generally a happy place IMO and I dont think the board needs to act in this area yet jamie On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 10:45 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote: >