On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 17:36 -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > What do you guys think about inviting him to a meeting on his own terms?
I attended several of the hearings. Except for the first hearing, the people who attended were curious and courteous, not hostile. After a couple of the hearings, Darl talked to people out in the halls. As a result meeting him in person, I have a strong opinion of his capability and motivation. Unfortunately, I can't share the most revealing story because he swore us to secrecy for "national security reasons", but I can say it is my impression that he believes everything he was told and has repeated, no matter how ridiculous it made him sound. At this point, I doubt he'll have anything original or interesting to say about Linux or the case. In fact, I suspect listening to him talk will feel a lot like reading Moby Dick. > Allowing everyone a chance to speak in a civil tone, even if many of us > might find what is said controversial, is a key tenant of making any > community work. *shrug* He has communicated his message many times in many places already. I don't see how we owe him anything. In fact those that remember Mozillazine know that our community gave him plenty of opportunity to tell his side of the story a long time ago. Should we also seek out Jeff Merkey and listen to him ramble for a couple hours? At this point I don't think of Darl as controversial, merely ridiculous. -- Stuart Jansen <sjan...@buscaluz.org> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
