On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:09:31PM -0500, Jody Goldberg wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 12:15:11AM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 06:23:57PM -0500, Jody Goldberg wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 09:34:54PM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: > > > > > > > > and I hope the Foundation will help make sure the users of > > > > GNOME can use the next version of ODF > > > > > > I don't see how the foundation can 'make sure' of anything in this > > > instance. It can not force developers towards or away from either > > > spec. That is simply not in it's mandate. > > > > I may be being obtuse, but what's not in it's mandate for ODF but is for > > OOXML? Or am I reading your words wrong? > > I will try to be clearer.
Thank you! :) > > > We all appear to agree > > > that implementing ODF is good for FLOSS. However, beyond that > > > there's no stick, and a carrot (eg funding) seems inappropriate (why > > > this project vs the dozens of others). > > > > Or one another in particular? For a fake standard, there is funding? > > I have no idea what you are talking about. No money has been spent, > nor will any money be spent joining ECMA. As we've stated on > numerous occasions the foundation is a non-profit entity and was > given a _FREE_ _NON-VOTING_ membership. Thank you. > > > The board has offered to try and facilitate a membership in OASIS > > > for an interested candidate. The will is there, but like so much > > > else we're short on man power. We'd welcome patches to improve the > > > ODF exporter in Gnumeric or abiword. I'd prefer to be spending my > > > time coding to these endless discussions of ISO-tactics. > > > > I think I might have missed this, where is it? I can't seem to find it, > > but it's late here and my googling skills may be already too hampered... > > It == Gnumeric ODF support ? > http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnumeric/trunk/plugins/openoffice/ > > It == Joining OASIS ? > It's been mentioned numerous times in various forums. Indeed > when we first mentioned that I would be joining ECMA it was > discussed that it would be good to get an OASIS membership too. This one. I don't recall seing it on foundation-list or foundation announce, though. I confess not to follow *all* forum sites. > If you (or anyone else) is interested talk to the board. That > is all it takes. I'd love to do it, but the weekly meetings are > too much of a commitment at this point. My day job is not > paying me to take part in standards organizations or FLOSS. I'd love to, but it very likely requires some geographical proximity I can't afford (US, or plane travels). Best, Rui -- You are what you see. Today is Pungenday, the 41st day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3173 + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown + Whatever you do will be insignificant, | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi + So let's do it...? _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list