Bill Smith of Sun Microsystems, President of OASIS, has
posted
to XML-DEV apologizing for the difficulties with the
mailing list, and explaining the steps OASIS is taking to
rectify the situation.
Smith said that OASIS had a full-time employee, Karl
Best, starting 21st April whose responsibilities will
involve the maintenance of mailing lists. He added that Norm
Walsh, now at Sun, will also assist with the configuration
and maintenance of the lists.
However, Smith said that OASIS were unlikely to be able
to
meet their self-imposed deadline of 23rd April, held by
Peter Murray-Rust as the date after which
XML-DEV would take "formal action". He explained:
Given the nature of the problems reported to me, I doubt
that it
will be possible to correct all of them by 23 April. It is
my
intention to resolve them as quickly as possible, but proper
resolution will require investigation, analysis of options,
and
execution of a plan of action
Smith ended with an assurance that XML-DEV was a priority
for OASIS, and asked list members to give Best and Walsh
support, and to "allow them the time to analyze and correct
these problems in a professional manner".
Given the respect with which Norm Walsh is held in the
community it is likely that this support will be given.
However, it seems that XML-DEV may well go its own way with
regard to a "home page" and project pages, rather than
waiting for OASIS-hosted facilities.
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