- From: Niko Neugebauer <niko@nikoport.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:28:31 -0000 (WET)
- To: "Chris Wilson" <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
- Cc: work@gavinpearce.co.uk, public-html@w3.org
Chris, for what it’s worth you have my full support. To my knowledge, there is no information Chris, of misusing the trust of others. This is a very big group, and a lot of opinions are represented, but is there anyone who really believes that there is a small chance of doing this without Microsoft, and then having the new specification implemented in one of the next IEs ? If we cant work out the personal issues, there will be no new specification, not in 3 months, and not even in 3 years. Lets stop all the personal issues and get to work. Greetings, Niko Neugebauer > > Gavin, > That would be my point exactly. Follow the thread on my blog > and Daniel's (my first post is at > http://blogs.msdn.com/cwilso/archive/2007/01/10/you-me-and-the-w3c-aka-r > einventing-html.aspx) and perhaps you'll see what I'm referring to. > > I want to evolve HTML. I thought at one point, apparently naively, that > since I could see both sides of the issue - the value of both the WHATWG > goals and the W3C IP policy and process - that perhaps I could help here > and make this a better world. I can't do that and fight personal > battles at the same time. I feel I've been doing that, being accused of > making some kind of secret back-room deals or something that I simply > haven't been doing. Perhaps this just caught me at a bad time; Daniel's > mail to me seemed to imply that a sizable portion of the group does not > want me to be co-chair. If you collectively don't think it's a good > idea to have me as co-chair, then I'd prefer not to waste my time, and > I'm sure Dan will do a fine job. I'm asking for a vote of confidence > (or not) from the rest of the group. My feelings are not going to be > hurt either way. > > Regardless of my co-chairship, someone from Microsoft will participate > in this WG. I've said that before, it continues to be true. Even if I > am co-chair, I've said I think it might be a good idea to have a > different Microsoft WG representative. I'm sorry we have not been agile > in getting approval for that participation; I take full personal > responsibility for that. It has been an accident of very poor timing, a > somewhat lengthy process that we must follow internal to Microsoft for > due diligence, and my own time management that has caused this delay, > not necessarily in that order. It is not due to a lack of interest or > desire. > > -Chris >
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