Re: [MACCAWS] Legals and sponsorship - the Finance position

--- Tara Cleveland <[email protected]> wrote:
>  > But we must retain our intellectual independence.
> 
> I agree, but I'd go further...
> 
> We may run into trouble and politics if we accept sponsorship from
> one
> particular company. Especially in this industry where there are
> alliances
> and betrayals and all kinds of junk -- especially with standards
> vs.
> non-standards, closed vs. open source, and trust vs. anti-trust
> type issues.

Snipped the rest - I simply agree with all Tara said. Particularly
the bit about getting too close to a Sun or MS where we would be
perceived as a mouthpiece.

Maybe at some point if we had them both, you could say hey these both
support us, there's no partiality. Hey, I'll be more interested if
the WaSP says - hey WE support you, put our logo on your site or
something. Those are the types of connections we for sure want.

Tom

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