[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Lars Noodén]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Lars Noodén">
> 
>> 1) Right now as you say GNOME is helping Jody to participate in Ecma
>> 2) Ecma is currently working on achieving ISO standardization of MOOX,
>> or as you call it, OOXML.
>> 3) Thus, GNOME is  pursuing or assisting with ISO standardization of
>> MOOX, or as you call it, OOXML.
> 
> Jody is not participating in that part of the process, as it is not why he
> is there, nor why the GNOME Foundation is facilitating his participation.
> (3) does not follow (1).

Read it again.  I did not say that Jody is participating in that part of
the process.  He himself even recently clarified that.

What I am saying is that GNOME is participating.  I see the name on the
Ecma list for TC45:
	http://www.ecma-international.org/memento/TC45-M.htm

Ecma TC 45 is currently working towards hammering MOOX through ISO.

GNOME is officially part of Ecma TC 45, whether or not its sponsored
representative there physically travels to the meetings, works online or
blows the whole thing off.

-Lars

PS.  If GNOME is not backing MOOX, then just put that out in the open
with a position statement.  Further, it wouldn't hurt to withdraw from
Ecma TC45 until such time as participation becomes relevant to the
purported claims of documenting the specification.

If GNOME is backing MOOX, then just put that out in the open instead.
We want to know where GNOME stands:

The original letter asked where GNOME stands for or against open
standards and ISO's policy of "one standard"

The sqirming and worming reminds me of a similar debate years ago at my
then workplace, when hiring policies demanded that my department (at a
European institution) first consider internal candidate above all other
external candidates regardless of qualifications.  One such candidate
lacked the background, training, experience, and interest for a job
posting.  However, the director cajoled key people into giving the
reasons for not hiring as "insufficient funds".

Later when funds were "available" the candidate turned up, working in
our building in one of our office rooms, having an account in our
network, an email address on our sever, getting paid from our budgets,
being listed on our web site, and traipsing around the region bragging
about working in our department.  However, the director still swore up
and down that the candidate was not part of the department.