RE: [office-comment] 8.5.4 of ODF 1.0 - update

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

In fact, this list should be used purely for public comment submissions on 
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Regards,

-Rob

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"Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> wrote on 07/07/2008 
12:39:11 PM:

> On looking over my own words, I propose the following amendments:
> 
> 1. It's not like you can argue with someone about what their personal
> opinion is.  **One might ask about the basis for such an opinion, but I
> think that particular conversation would be off-topic here.**  I could 
argue
> with the veracity of the **rejoinder's** particular quoted statements 
and
> ... 
> 
> 2. And added to the PS: In any case, I think the appropriate attention 
here
> is on the review and improvement of ODF, not allegations about other
> specifications.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/200807/msg00065.html
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton@acm.org] 
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 09:11
> To: 'ODF Comments List'
> Cc: 'MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)'; 'Sheldon Britton'
> Subject: RE: [office-comment] 8.5.4 of ODF 1.0
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> When someone gives their personal opinion about something (as MURATA 
did), I
> don't think it is appropriate to drag in appeals to authorities.  It's 
not
> like you can argue with someone about what their personal opinion is. I
> could argue with the veracity of the particular quoted statements and 
the
> non sequitur based on them, but I think that would be seriously 
off-topic.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>  - Dennis
> 
> PS: To be clear, I have no opinion whatsoever on the comparison that 
MURATA
> made, and I certainly can claim no perspective on the relative
> translatability of the two specifications to another language.  I would 
have
> simply passed over that comparison but for it having attracted lightning
> here.
> 
> 
> 
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