[odf-discuss] Fwd: W3C Lead on CDF says OpenDocument Fellowship Position on CDF Makes No Sense

[robert_weir at us.ibm.com]

"Ryan Singer" <ryan.singer at gmail.com>  wrote on 11/10/2007 03:04:04 PM:

> Please, lets give the benefit of the doubt to sombody who
> has done so much work on our behalf.
> 

Where is the present doubt?  Doubt as to what Gary has said?  Or whether 
it is true?

I think Gary and Co. have repeatedly made the main points of their new 
direction clear in blog comments, interviews,  and numerous jeremiads on 
their web site.  Is there really any doubt as to what they are saying?

1) The Foundation believes that ODF has failed.
2) The Foundation will work to defeat ODF 1.2 in ISO.
3) The Foundation is dropping support for ODF and instead is moving to 
support CDF
4) The Foundation says there is a large conspiracy against them, involving 
Sun, IBM, in fact every company involved with ODF except (curiously) 
Novell.
5) Everything else you hear are lies hatched by their enemies who are out 
to destroy them.

Does anyone doubt that this is the essence of what the Foundation has been 
saying?

As for whether it is true or not, if there are doubts then I think that 
these accusations are of a magnitude for which one does not quickly give 
"the benefit of the doubt", not even if he were the Pope. 

Also remember that there are many people who have done a lot of work for 
ODF, and all but  three continue to do so.  We should try to give the 
others some benefit as well.   Note that I'm not recommending a "You're 
either for us or against us" mentality.   That would be childish.   But 
the repeated statements from the Foundation go far beyond not being for 
us.  They are actively, publicly and loudly opposing ODF and evidently 
taking great pleasure doing so.  I don't give any benefit of the doubt for 
that.

-Rob
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