Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Wednesday 09 January 2008 04:03 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Other vendors supporting openXML are Apple, Intel, Novell and
>>> | Toshiba, among others, Microsoft said.
>>> `----
>>
>> The "among others" includes Novell and Gnome, apparently.
>>
>> I may be late to the discussion, but I still intend writing a diatribe
>> on this ridiculous situation.
>
>
> Well, do it while the issue is still relevant. The Geneva BRM is due next month
> and the GNOME ECMians (Jody Goldberg, de Icaza and others) enjoy having nobody
> over the shoulder to put pressure. Quite a few people are going berserk but
> quietly (they don't want to write about it in public only to be flamed).
>
Presumably, they're still failing to recognise that their unwavering
support for Novell's proprietary business model is, well, contributing
to Novell's failure?
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