[odf-discuss] Gnome Foundation and ECMA

[Pamela Jones]

You know perfectly well I have *not* given Novell a pass. They would, 
I'm sure, guffaw at the suggestion.

I don't much care what proprietary companies like Apple do and don't do. 
I care very much what members of the community do.



marbux wrote:
> 
> Hey, Pam, why are you picking on Jody and Gnome but giving Novell and 
> Sun a pass? Novell is participating in Ecma too, and both Novell and Sun 
> are implementing OOXML. In fact, both of them have opened offices on 
> Microsoft's campus to work on interop issues. Matter of fact, why aren't 
> you also picking on Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, The British Library, 
> Essilor, Intel, NextPage, Statoil, Toshiba, and the United States 
> Library of Congress? They're all on Ecma TC 45. And the reps. of two 
> U.S. government agencies voted for DIS 29500 at INCITS.
> 
> What makes Gnome and Jody so special that they're the only ones you want 
> to beat up on?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
> BUCK "MARBUX" MARTIN
>   Director of Legal Affairs
>   OpenDocument Foundation
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