[A2k] Re: [Openstds] DCOS reporting back at Rio Internet Governance Forum

[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]

dear benoit,

i was curious about the claim you made below that the DCOS mission
statement is "not consistent with mainstream software industry views on
interoperability and standards". on what basis do you make this claim?
is this only your personal, private opinion - which is what i must
assume, unless you contradict me - or is an official BSA position with
the full support of the BSA membership?

i would also like to note that the DCOS mission statement is not a Sun
Microsystems mission statement, as implied by you, or indeed a statement
by any other company. it is a statement drafted (and agreed to,
publicly) by various participants under the multi-stakeholder process
following the guidelines of the IGF. the DCOS was acknowledged as among
the most active and earliest to form dynamic coalitions within the IGF
framework.

best,
rishab

On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 10:07 -0500, Benoit Muller wrote:
> While you bear the responsibility of being the only business
> representative to the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (and
> excluding others from participating by requesting to sign on to the
> narrow mission statement you have drafted based on your company=E2=80=99s
> positions that are not consistent with mainstream software industry
> views on interoperability and standards, unless you have indeed
> decided yesterday to revise the Coalition=E2=80=99s mission as per your
> intervention quoted above), calling on government intervention in ICT
> standardization without being specific neither about the alleged
> public interest dimension underpinning your agenda nor about what type
> of intervention you are seeking, I call on you to in future fully
> adhere to the rules and spirit of the IGF.

>