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Re: Moving the list

• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Subject: Re: Moving the list
• From: Karl Best <karl.best@o...>
• Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:34:43 -0500
• Cc: XML Dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Organization: OASIS
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Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> Len, the problem isn't whether we provide value.  I firmly believe in
> the value of this list, and even people who complain about it regularly
> seem to believe in its value.  (Actually, the more they complain, the
> more they seem to value it.  Odd paradox.)
> 
> The problem is whether OASIS values this list enough to support it
> technically and regularly.  I think Karl answered that with a resounding
> "NO" in his message.  

Well, not really. I believe that the list is an important industry 
resource. OASIS values the list; otherwise we would not have hosted it 
for the past three years. But this list must necesarily be a bit lower 
on the priority scale than our member activities. Given finite resources 
we must provide services to our members first.

That said, the simplest solution is what I have already suggested a 
number of times: notify us when there's a problem so that we can address 
it, rather than complaining to the list about how bad a job we're doing. 
With a little cooperation from the list subscribers we can keep things 
running pretty well with limited resources.


-Karl

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Karl F. Best
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