[odf-discuss] Gnome, Ecma, and what governments (and FOSS?) should have done

[Pamela Jones]

Not only that, but Jody has not, to my knowledge, told us what he will 
be doing, once the comments are presented in an organized way to the 
National Bodies and the work begins.

At that point, in Jan-Feb, what will you do, Jody? Are you going to be 
working on resolving technical issues at that stage of the process?

M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 11:15:40 AM +0100, Daniel
> (daniel.carrera at zmsl.com) wrote:
> 
>> - I do not believe you have supported your argument that Gnome is
>> helping OOXML become an ISO standard, given that Jody is not
>> participating in the conflict resolution process.
> 
> I admit I has missed this last information earlier. However, I believe
> I have explained this concern in a reply to Jody. Not helping
> directly, of course, but as Ian puts it, this is a political/
> perception fight, and an indirect one, hence the concern.
> 
>>> What I would have liked to see happen, instead, is Governments (backed
>>> by FOSS people, Consumer Associations, whatever...) telling Microsoft:
>> None of those have anything to do with the actions of Gnome or Jody. 
> 
> No, of course. Except the "backed by FOSS people" bit, since what
> Gnome & Jody did in this occasion seemed to me almost the opposite of
> it. That's why I put this issue and my general, absolutely personal
> opinion of how these things should happen in the same post.
> 
> Ciao,
> 	Marco