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<p class=MsoPlainText>BGalliart: I committed to looking at this issue and it's on
our radar. I'm going to send you my contact information & let's try to get
some time together so I can understand your immediate concerns in more detail
and likewise, give you an update from our end.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks, Jamie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com] <br>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:29 PM<br>
To: license-discuss@opensource.org<br>
Subject: Re: MS continued attack on OSD #6</p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Quoting B Galliart (bgallia@gmail.com):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> In my case, Microsoft Port 25 blog pointed me to
it. It also appears<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> at http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/learning.mspx
and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/downloads.mspx<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>You could and should have mentioned that _earlier_,
rather than just<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>sending us the URL of some odd little PDF and leaving it
up to the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>entire readership of this mailing list to determine why
this is<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>particularly of significance. (If you expect people
to search the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>archives for prior occasions when you might or might not
have mentioned<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>that PDF, you're likely to be disappointed.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>People on this mailing list tend to have limited amounts
of time and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>effort to devote to it. Accordingly, your best
chance at being taken<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>seriously is to avoid exaggeration -- e.g., don't pretend
that some<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>college intern's screwup is anything like corporate
policy -- and, avoid<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>time-wasting rhetorical excess, and make very sure you
include vital<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>details like _why_ you consider otherwise apparently
motley marketing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>fluff on the Internet to merit OSI's time and trouble.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>On that particular point: Yes, the PDF's at least
findable, and they<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>should fix or remove it. However, in proper
perspective, it's not even<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>particularly prominent. You seem to have made very
much out of rather<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>little -- assuming you haven't failed to mention
something a lot more<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>substantial.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> So how many months should be allowed to pass since
Jamie Cannon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> claimed it would be addressed until it becomes
something that goes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>> beyond just some uncredited marketing guy?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Personally, *I* really don't care very much. It
looks trivial<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>after I removed the dressing in which you recently
presented the issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>However, if you want to help instead of just lobbing
polemically<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>exaggerated "Let's you and him fight" mailing
list postings at OSI, you<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>could try writing to Jamie Cannon.
Suggestion: Stick to facts, refresh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>memories, politely ask for status, omit the accusatory
tone, and in<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>general act like you've dealt with businesses before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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