Hello, > > The professionals (journalists, negotiators, lawyers) spend years > > learning and honing their skills, just as we spend years improving ours. > > We're likely to do about as well conducting a potentially hostile > > interview as a lawyer or journalist writing a subtle piece of code - not > > very well at all.
Jeff Waugh: > You're saying "we" as if you think this represents all of us... Yes. Yes I am and, for the most part, yes it does. No doubt there are those among us who are expert negotiators, hard-hitting journalists or excellent lawyers. However, mixed with everyone else in an audience, their voices are unlikely to be effectively heard, especially if we let MS representatives moderate the discussion. > > If there is, in fact, a possible positive outcome, let's make sure that > > it happens. > Having a conversation. It doesn't need to be more complicated than that. I guess that goes to my earlier point - we should be careful of the language of cooperation, since it is apparently alien to MS and may be interpreted as weakness to be exploited rather than reciprocated. > The venue is unlikely to provoke a PR earthquake for anyone involved. Agreed. Though if we could swing it, it'd be neat :-) Jiri -- Jiri Baum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.baum.com.au/~jiri -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
