[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Ian Lynch]

On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 04:07 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Pamela Jones">
> 
> > Well, then, you are free to touch base with them all and see if they agree
> > and if they do you are free to make a statement.
> 
> There are many thousands of contributors to the GNOME project, and hundreds
> of them do so as part of their work, and... etc. As I've noted before, the
> Foundation will make a statement about these issues soon, but again, it may
> not reflect the opinions of our entire community.

Its very unlikely in any broad church that policy reflects the views of
the entire membership on any issue. However, the leaders do have to
project the core values on which the organisation is based and accept
accountability for how that projection is received by its stakeholders.

In the end, what matters in marketing is perception not logic or fact.
Microsoft understand this rather better than most hackers so I urge you
to choose the words carefully ;-)

Ian
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