RE: [wss] Interesting article this morning...

[Anne Thomas Manes <anne@manes.net>]

It's true that Darryl was looking for a story. He contacted me last week
looking for any leads I might be able to give him. He only does something
like that when he's really desparate for a story.  (I did not view our
"rift" as newsworthy, so I didn't put him on this trail.)

Anne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hallam-Baker, Phillip [mailto:pbaker@verisign.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:17 PM
> To: Munter, Joel D; 'Oasis Web Services Security'
> Subject: RE: [wss] Interesting article this morning...
>
>
> I think that the journalist in question was looking for the story
> he reported.
>
> One of the not-too-obvious things they teach you at media school
> is that reporters can use quotes several months after they were
> given. So it is very important to be aware that a statement made
> on the best information available to you today might be obsolete
> by the time it is printed.
>
>
> We need to be focused on addressing the issues that are critical
> path for other Web Services Standards. Important does not
> mean critical path. For example most people would agree that
> foundations and plumbing are important in an office block, but
> you can move into an office block and have a contractor add
> plumbing to your own specifications while the same cannot
> be said of foundations, walls or the roof.
>
>
> 		Phill
>
>
> > I just read http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,599072,00.asp.  What
> > troubles me is a simple perception in the media that we as a
> > team cannot act
> > as one.  While I am sure that we already have and will
> > continue to have
> > differences, I strongly urge us to act and communicate as a
> > team.  This
> > simple thing will allow us to create/publish as a team and be
> > perceived as a
> > team.
>
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