[odf-discuss] Joining the list to answer questions

Pamela Jones pj at groklaw.net
Wed Oct 31 13:44:32 EDT 2007


Can you do it without insulting Russell?

And what exactly are you doing currently in connection with ECMA and 
MSOOXML?  Are you working on the comments, resolving issues?

If we have questions about Gnome, we are free to address those questions 
to Gnome, presumably, but this question is certainly for you.

Jody Goldberg wrote:
> Thanks to Jeff for pointing out this list.  He's has done an
> excellent job responding to the questions, but it was me who
> approached the foundation to join ECMA, and attended meetings.  If
> you have questions, please ask me directly.
> 
> Daniel : re:
>     http://lists.opendocumentfellowship.com/pipermail/odf-discuss/2007-October/002861.html
> 
>     After leaving Novell my intent was to rejoin both OASIS and
>     ECMA.  If you can suggest an appropriate approach I'd be pleased
>     to take up the role again.  My recent work on Gnumeric's ODF
>     filters has produced a laundry list of issues.  My Gnumeric time
>     tends to be on the commuter train, with limited connectivity but
>     I'll speak to management about dialing in from the office.
> 
> Russel : re:
>     http://lists.opendocumentfellowship.com/pipermail/odf-discuss/2007-October/002848.html
> 
>     Your attitude and approach in this situation has muddied your
>     reputation and the FLOSS community.  Had you wanted information
>     you could easily have contected me and we could have discussed
>     it.  To go further and imply the I'm an MS shill of some sort
>     makes free software advocates in general look like conspiracy
>     nuts.  My blog roll reflects things that are interesting.  One
>     can disagree with Brian but he undeninably has useful content
>     about the MS perspective.  Ignoring it does not seem useful [1].
>     As a spreadsheet developer it's also interesting to watch
>     competitors, is that a sin against good-speak too ?
> 
>     We can disagree without insinuation and nonsense.
> 
> [1]
>    See : Douglas Adams' ravenous bug-blatter beast of trall
> 
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