[ILUG] on the MS ISO standard thing (fwd)

[CP Hennessy]

On Thursday 25 January 2007 11:06, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> > Using Linux doesn't (and shouldn't) imply that one takes a side in this
> > "war". It's just well, using, Linux.
>
> Given that ILUG membership doesn't necessarily imply agreement or
> disagreement with this letter, might it be better to have people opt in to
> have their name attached to it?
>
> If we had a good bunch of names (+titles, letters, etc.) that might
> actually have more weight than Gareth speaking on behalf of a fairly
> low-profile interest group.

OpenIreland is also in the process of writting a letter and is also 
encouraging others to submit letters. There is also someone on the technical  
committee in NSAI giving us some guidance. But the more companies and 
organizations who submit letters of objection with the rushed standard the 
greater the chance of the NSAI voting to vote against it at the ISO level.

The address to send letters to are:
	Ian Cowan, 
	Secretary to the ICT Standards Consultative Committee,
	NSAI,
	Glasnevin,
	Dublin 9,
	Ireland

I'll forward the OpenIreland letter to this list later today.

Con Hennessy