But whatever. You know the truth. Those who see short, fall far. But have fun trying to mock me some more. I’m sure your insults will be very professional and appear in other blog comments across the internet as well.

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“So kudos to those involved in the ECMA OOXML process. More of you should be involved.”

*LOL* I can’t wait to blog about some of the latest bits from FFII, e.g.:

http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-28334/bundesfinanzhof-wants-less-microsoft

“Microsoft lobbyists should not draft German procurement policies or interpret them legally.”

http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-28337/microsoft-sponsors-din-conference

“Microsoft sponsors DIN conference

An american company sponsors a lobby event for its Open XML format which is organised by the German standard body and takes place in a German ministry.”

http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-28290/gnome-foundation-in-kahoots

“Gnome foundation in kahoots?

summary:

Having a delegate in the ECMA T45 Committee the Gnome foundation clarified its involvement in a superb standard development and bashes the vendor.

[...]

The Gnome foundation actively participated in the ECMA fast-tracking of Open XML as a sock puppet for Novell. Now the Foundation clarified its position that came under recent criticism.”

“Well, for all those people who want to bemoan the world with their trifles about Microsoft trying to subvert the free world, here’s a hint:

Shut the hell up!

If all you’re going to do is bitch and moan about it, then you’re not part of the solution. You’re part of the problem.”
http://wayofthemonkey.com/?date=2007-11-25

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You are paranoid. I only change my name here to avoid your censorship.

Ta muchly for the contradiction du jour.

I bet you would be deleting Jeff Waugh’s comments already..

Never. He is polite. Unlike you, who is going as far as verging Godwin’s Law… and you have annoyed other Webmasters as well… ones that deleted you comments and wanted you banned for good.

You are paranoid. I only change my name here to avoid your censorship. I bet you would be deleting Jeff Waugh’s comments already, if you could do that stealthily, Great Defender of our freedom…

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In a sense, I reach out to GNOME when I research stuff. I don’t necessarily write to individuals, but I can read their Web pages and read (even cite) articles they write. When it comes to asking a question, it is hard to know which one/s to ask. The only solution is peer review (send complete text for feedback or editing), which for blog posts and comments isn’t quite so pragmatic.

He has this opportunity because we are an open community. Despite all the ugly attacks, I’ve kept my door open. He has yet to visit.

Once the board is elected, the board makes the decisions; not a bunch of extremists that just shout loud enough.

Once again you’re trying portray us as crazy barbarians. Don’t think that I don’t notice your constant nymshifting, E-mail address shifting, and wildly changing IP addresses. If you don’t try to be polite, we’ll have to delete your comments, since we can’t cage them before they are posted with personal attacks and strong language.

You might not have noticed, but GNOME is a representative democracy. Its board is an elected body that has full and legitimate authority to make decisions about its direction. I will never be able to make _everyone_ happy with its decisions, but it listens, and being elected it represents the views of the _majority_ of the people interested enough in GNOME to cast a vote.

Once the board is elected, the board makes the decisions; not a bunch of extremists that just shout loud enough.

Go take part in the board elections, or run for GNOME’s board yourself, if you’re not satisfied with any candidate.

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Speaking of “nasty big Trolls” … with Trolls like you defending Gnome and Novell, they really don’t need enemies.

You state that Roy has “reached another low”, whereas all he has actually done is quoted other’s opinions, including those of some very prominent figures in the community. I suppose you’re going to claim that Alan Cox is just a Troll too, are you?

It’s time for you to face the fact that Gnome has sold out just as much as Novell has (no surprise there, given the very obvious connections).

At a time when GNU/Linux is starting to win the war against Microsoft, people like de Icaza, Waugh, and others seem determined to stick a spanner in the spokes of the wheel, and sabotage those gains, by playing their part in poisoning GNU/Linux with encumbered Microsoft technology.

The GNU/Linux community should be rejecting OOXML, Sliverlight, .NET, and all of Microsoft’s other “sour-grapes” reinventions … not embracing them. Why anyone in the community would even begin to want to poison GNU/Linux with that technology is a mystery.

I am sick of people on the other side of the argument using excuses like “don’t think in black and white terms” and “let’s be pragmatic”. To Hell with pragmatism. The very foundation of GNU/Linux is idealism … not “selling out” to the enemy.

People like you will not be content until every GNU/Linux user in the world is required to pay a license fee to Microsoft, and the previously Free software tree becomes closed, proprietary, Microsoft property.

Every time someone in the Free Software community supports Microsoft technology, we take one step closer to oblivion.

Well, let’s forget about eet for a minute. There are going some really nice discussions about that on some mailing lists, as the GNOME Foundation one, and not just here. Let’s watch and see what happens. Really GNOME people, friends of GNOME, people who lived for it’s original purpose, talking there. Not us, the “trolls”. Maybe you can take a look there and tell us what you think, eet.

Concerning the anonymous e-mail you’ve quoted above:
Don’t act sorry. It was _you_ who has scared this naive user away from GNOME – so take ‘pride’ in your ‘success’ here! This is what comes of your slandering blog.

With friends like you, GNOME doesn’t need enemies.

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