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-Rob
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"Dennis E. Hamilton" <> wrote on 07/07/2008
12:39:11 PM:
> On looking over my own words, I propose the following amendments:
>
> 1. It's not like you can argue with someone about what their personal
> opinion is. **One might ask about the basis for such an opinion, but I
> think that particular conversation would be off-topic here.** I could
argue
> with the veracity of the **rejoinder's** particular quoted statements
and
> ...
>
> 2. And added to the PS: In any case, I think the appropriate attention
here
> is on the review and improvement of ODF, not allegations about other
> specifications.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/200807/msg00065.html
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 09:11
> To: 'ODF Comments List'
> Cc: 'MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)'; 'Sheldon Britton'
> Subject: RE: [office-comment] 8.5.4 of ODF 1.0
>
> [ ... ]
>
> When someone gives their personal opinion about something (as MURATA
did), I
> don't think it is appropriate to drag in appeals to authorities. It's
not
> like you can argue with someone about what their personal opinion is. I
> could argue with the veracity of the particular quoted statements and
the
> non sequitur based on them, but I think that would be seriously
off-topic.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> - Dennis
>
> PS: To be clear, I have no opinion whatsoever on the comparison that
MURATA
> made, and I certainly can claim no perspective on the relative
> translatability of the two specifications to another language. I would
have
> simply passed over that comparison but for it having attracted lightning
> here.
>
>
>
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