[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Jody Goldberg]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:45:23PM -0400, Pamela Jones wrote:
>
> Jeff, you have said in this thread that you don't care what Slashdot 
> readers think.
>
> They are you users.  That is your traditional  user base.

They are _some_ of our users.  Investment banks, statisticians, or
users of the OLPC are not slashdot traditional readers.  I'd like to
see them supported despite what part of the community says.  Free
software is about choice.  To date I've implemented most of the OOX
filters myself because I see it as useful.  ODF has been handled as
an extension of the OO.o 1.x format and has been around longer with
more contributors.  Slashdot readers that disagree with OOX are
welcome to help me improve ODF support so that it is
better/stronger/faster than OOX.

I do not see this as zero-sum, and will continue to write code based
on that assumption.  If that means ignoring part of the slashdot
communities desires, then so be it.

> You have also said that you can't say and do certain things because your 
> corporate sponsors might not agree.
>
> You tell me: how does this look?

I must have missed that.

I do not speak for my past or present employers, nor do I speak for
the GNOME foundation.  I will continue to state my personal opinions
on technical matters publicly with no fear that the Advisory board
would attempt to control or manipulate that stance.   The board
benefits from a strong GNOME community with robust debate on
technical issues.