Re: [ebxml-dev] RE: OASIS Members to Develop Universal BusinessLanguage

[Duane Nickull <duane@xmlglobal.com>]

Kremena Gotcheva wrote:

> Mike (and also Arofan, Duane),
>... Parties? ... <SNIP>


That gets my vote!!!

The best way is to attend UN/CEFACT and/or UBL meetings.  Other than 
that,  asking extremely loaded question on a public listserver usually 
stirs up a few opinions.

In one of the more ironic twists of ebXML, during the final plenary 
session in VIenna,  Klaus put up a slide that had a quote:

"It's amazing what you can accomplish, when you don't care who gets the 
credit"

The irony arose from the fact that the credit for the quote was given 
directly below it.

The essence of that quote is felt by many of the people who have worked 
on this initiative.  We want to deliver something usable and useful.  In 
general, most of us try to avoid the political issues however they have 
to be taken care of by someone.  I don't envy those who have that 
responsibility as they are often the targets of many arrows/words.

Duane