Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Marbux: Request for more detail

["Matthew Reingold" <matthewreingold@gmail.com>]

CDF is a format primarily involved in mobile usage. ODF is for all usage of all document formats. CDF is not an aspect of this OIIC committee. 

Also, Paul doesn't have a law background, so why are you endorsing legal knowledge in a way that you are implying knowledge of it? Are you willing to endorse it the same way as a lawyer? If so, do you wish to stand up for this in court? the W3c CDF protocol has 0, I repeat, 0 to do with ODF.  I do believe the legal comments are getting to the point of constituting trolling and bias within our discussion. Please, save biased opinions for anything other than a technical committee. There is no place for partiality when we are trying to get something done for the fairness of the entire world.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Shawn <sgrover@open2space.com> wrote:

Paul, I've seen you reference the W3C CDF protocol (?).  So far, you seem to be the only one who thinks it applies.  Not being familiar with CDF, I can't make a judgment.  Could you provide some links and/or an explanation why you think this is pertinent.

 

CDF has nothing to do with ODF. Why are we mentioning this at all? CDF is not going to replace ODF, and whether or not CDF is around or not doesn't have anything to do with whether ODF will be around or not. Comparing CDF to ODF is like comparing quantum physics to oranges. They are simply not in the same category. CDF is a format primarily involved in mobile usage. ODF is for all usage of all document formats. CDF is not an aspect of this OIIC committee.

 

As I understand things, we are here to discuss the charter for how the IIC TC will go about it's business. Could you provide some links or an analysis of why I need to worry about Anti Trust in an open forum to define the charter for a TC?

I still want to know why Paul is endorsing legal knowledge in a way that is legally endorsing it. He is placing himself in real liability for it, and not the kind he is telling us that someone who implements ODF has anything to do with (note: when have you heard of anything at all involving ODF and antitrust? Ever?) The W3C CDF protocol has 0, I repeat, 0 to do with ODF.

As an aside, slowing down the entire discussion of this group, so that you can keep up, seems wrong to me.  I mean no disrespect to you here. But if we slow down so that everyone on the list can keep up and do all the research needed, ponder ramifications, draft verbose responses, etc. then this TC would never happen.  This screams of a delay tactic to me.  But perhaps I'm a little jaded from watching the SCO Saga for the past few years.

We do what we can each day. I will say that we cannot slow down; because once this <80 days is up, its up. Things must move forward and a new discussion was brought forward today for that purpose. Threads let people discuss and ignore what they want. If he wants to keep discussing something, let him. Honestly though even without Paul making new comments the discussion list is so active its hard to keep up and follow other commitments already.