[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]
Subject: Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] PROPOSAL -- Name change for proposedTC
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mr. Merrell, You sent a communication to my private address, CCing this group, in which you expounded at great length as to my knowledge, abilities and affiliations. Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:31:28 -0700 From: marbux <marbux@gmail.com> To: "Craig A. Eddy" <tyche@cox.net> Subject: Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] PROPOSAL -- Name change for proposed TC Cc: oiic-formation-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org You were wrong. I feel that, this one time, you have the right to learn just how wrong you were, this one time. Therefore: marbux wrote: > According to the contact information on this web site, > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigAEddy>, you are same Craig Eddy whose > website that is. > > I see that your biography page is on an Ubuntu site and that you claim > to be member of the Arizona Ubuntu team. At that point, your exposition stopped being factual and entered some "flight of fancy" world that even a Science Fiction author would avoid. Since you have managed to use Google to begin your introduction of me, allow me to assist you with some points that might interest you (you DID read the site, didn't you?): 1. I am Craig A. Eddy (I know I am. It says so on my driver's license), also known as Tyche on websites, blogs, and IRC. One such site you have already managed to find. Congratulations! 2. I am a private U.S. citizen with the rights to my own opinions, just as you have rights to your opinions. I don't claim that my opinions are the ONE TRUE WAY, or that all others must be subservient to mine. In fact, I have been known to be wrong on occasion. I think the last time was a year or so ago. 3. My volunteer affiliations, such as being a member of the Ubuntu-Arizona Team, have no bearing on this mailing list, and no influence on my opinions concerning ODF or the formation of a Technical Committee. I'm almost surprised that you didn't try to use the fact that I'm registered on the Groklaw website as one of the foundations for your diatribe. It would have had as much bearing on the matter: i.e. none at all. Or that I was a truck driver or CAD draftsman. (Ah yes. I can just see trying to get driving a truck to conform to MSOOXML) 4. I am not a lawyer, nor am I trained in legal matters. My degree is in philosophy. To quote an old joke, "these ears are finely tuned BS detectors". My opinions and comments are not written by either an attorney at law nor an attorney in fact. I'm quite capable of writing my own opinions, as I have and did. Really, should I take your presumption that they were written by an attorney as a compliment or as an insult? I chose to take them neither way, since such an outlandish allegation is merely humorous in its extremity. Even my wife laughed at that one. 5. I am not a member of, nor even heard of, the Ubuntu Foundation, nor do I speak for any organization, affiliation, corporate entity or individual with regard to ODF or the OIIC TC. If they choose to go in my direction, that's up to them. I'm sure they can come to their own opinions without help from me. 6. You mentioned Mark Shuttleworth, as if that were some sort of "whip" to hold over me. Since he is not my employer such name-dropping misses its "mark" by quite a bit. He is welcome to view and comment on my opinions, just as you and anyone else are. However, he has no influence or bearing on how or whether I voice my opinions concerning ODF or the OIIC TC. It is a well known fact that an individual can have interests and opinions outside of those held by groups to which one is affiliated. To presume otherwise is to attempt to pidgin-hole individuals into tight, narrow boxes. Sorry, I'm to fat to fit in such a box. The rest of the drivel in your post isn't worth my commenting on as it is off topic, irrelevant, ad hominem and lacks any bearing on reality at all. It simply demonstrates the use of allegations, insinuations and presumptions without any foundation in fact. They are your opinions, and you are welcome to them. Just as I am welcome to ignore any further postings of yours as being unimportant and not worthy of my time to read them. Paul E. Merrell, J.D. (Marbux), I turn my back on you. And so, the shunning begins. Craig A. Eddy Tyche -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIWnlTDOWu08UKbpURAlMzAJ4qvJ7XZo4tsUa0Cq7HU8HT6fWc4wCffoOh miqeIL2FefBrs1F8jVHbbXY= =Oh3J -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]