And Ecma does have dedicated staff that works on standards maintenance? That is news to me.
I think if the maintenance were done in SC34,it would still rely heavily on subject matter experts from Microsoft and other participants in TC45, including GNOME. Or do you think that Microsoft or the others have some aversion to working within JTC1 and would refuse to do maintenance within the very organization whose approval they now seek?
In any case, Brian is incorrect regarding ODF maintenance. The maintenance agreement between OASIS and JTC1 was agreed to before the ODF ballot in ISO even started. That is how it works for PAS submissions. Fast Track submissions on the other hand default to JTC1-maintenance, though other terms can be negotiated.
Since Novell is an OASIS member, and an ODF TC member, you could have easily checked these facts for yourself rather than merely repeating Microsoft's misinformed statements. I'm disappointed, though not surprised, that you did not make this minimal effort.
It sounds like the parrot may have learned the concept of "nothing". This is quite a different thing than understanding "zero", the Hindu invention which lead to an effective base-10 system of representation by having a placeholder symbol to represent "nothing". This was a conceptual leap that few of us would have made, let along a bird.
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And Ecma does have dedicated staff that works on standards maintenance? That is news to me. I think if the maintenance were done in SC34,it would still rely heavily on subject matter experts from Microsoft and other participants in TC45, including GNOME. Or do you think that Microsoft or the others have some aversion to working within JTC1 and would refuse to do maintenance within the very organization whose approval they now seek? In any case, Brian is incorrect regarding ODF maintenance. The maintenance agreement between OASIS and JTC1 was agreed to before the ODF ballot in ISO even started. That is how it works for PAS submissions. Fast Track submissions on the other hand default to JTC1-maintenance, though other terms can be negotiated. Since Novell is an OASIS member, and an ODF TC member, you could have easily checked these facts for yourself rather than merely repeating Microsoft's misinformed statements. I'm disappointed, though not surprised, that you did not make this minimal effort.
It sounds like the parrot may have learned the concept of "nothing". This is quite a different thing than understanding "zero", the Hindu invention which lead to an effective base-10 system of representation by having a placeholder symbol to represent "nothing". This was a conceptual leap that few of us would have made, let along a bird.