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>Rick Jelliffe wrote: >[Matthew Gertner writes] "There is broad concensus in the XML development > community that W3C must change.." and this is where I think you go astray. If I could chime in here, I want to agree with Rick that the overall volume of the complainers is a very bad way to measure general consensus. I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that the W3C does quite a good job at what they were founded to do but doesn't have the time or energy to respond with equal volume whenever someone complains about them. My company is not a member, but we've certainly benefited from the technology that's come out of the W3C, and given the skill level of the key people in most working groups, I look forward to all their new work as it comes out. Hopefully, Jon Bosak's recent actions to encourage Oasis participation will reduce the volume of complaints. It reminds me of what I tell my wife when she complains about the inefficiency of our daughter's soccer league or the complainers at her church: it looks bad to complain too much about a volunteer organization--at a certain point, people should pipe down or volunteer themselves to improve things. The man who lead the drive to invent XML wants to lead people to build a more democratic standards organization; it will be interesting to see who heeds the call. Bob DuCharme www.snee.com/bob <bob@ snee.com> "The elements be kind to thee, and make thy spirits all of comfort!" Anthony and Cleopatra, III ii *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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