On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > The problem here is that Rob and Sam and other well-known employees are being > addressed as IBM employees here
I perceive Sam answers and arguments to be consistent with the 'I am an individual member of Apache' position. I may disagree with his arguments or positions, but at least they are consistent with the framework posited. I certainly cannot say the same for many of Rob's post... >[..]They can operate as individuals but they must also honor the requirements >on their conduct that are a consequence of their employment. and shall I emphasis: Rob Weir said: >There are some things we must not talk about, especially things where >competitors may be seen as arranging to reduce competition. We need to >steer the conversation far from this. _we_ here means who ? I understood it, by default, to mean _we_ AF member and by extensions the guests (like me) on this list.... Am I to understand that AP members are bound by what-ever contractual obligation Rob may or may not have with IBM ? Norbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org