- From: Chris Wilson <cwilso@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:34:01 -0700
- To: <eric@meyerweb.com>, <www-style@w3.org>
Eric A. Meyer [mailto:emeyer@theopalgroup.com], ever a voice of reason, said: >On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Dylan Schiemann wrote: >> Things like this: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7660935.html >> are why Tantek and Chris often get such disrespect on this >> list. > > In their defense, decisions like this get made elsewhere in the huge >corporate structure that is Microsoft, and word doesn't get around. Yes. MSN is a different division, and neither Tantek nor I were involved in nor informed of this decision. > Personally, I think that Chris and Tantek should get more respect than >average, simply because they are both committed to pushing W3C standards >support in a company that doesn't place a lot of value on them. Plus they >keep coming back for more abuse from this list, and others, because they >believe in keeping open lines of communication and in pushing standards >forward. They have more to lose, and a great deal more resistance to >overcome, than almost anyone else here. On that basis alone they should >be held in higher esteem than they generally receive. I've reached the conclusion that I'm just a severe masochist. -Chris
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