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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 00:59:44 PDT From: bertrand@vienna.eiffel.com (Bertrand Meyer) Subject: Steve Fisher's comments To: nice.lib@vienna.eiffel.com Copy to: From: Bertrand Meyer Mailer: BOOM I don't think comments of the form ``Bertrand seems to be the only one to think that...'' are very useful: - I always consult a lot of people - such as users and my colleagues at ISE - before posting on technical issues. - At some point I was also ``the only one'' to think that something like Eiffel and the Eiffel library would be useful, so such a circumstance should not automatically disqualify the idea. (It also does not automatically qualify it.) - Finally I think we have reached a better mutual understanding than a few months ago with other people on the committee, especially the other vendor, so that's not the best time to spark dissension. I am confident that on most issues currently debated we can, given some time, good will and the opportunity for quiet discussions, reach agreement or at least acceptable compromise. A clarification: if there is a veto right for implementors, it should of course be for all implementors who are corporate members of NICE. This being said, I won't make any more comment on procedural issues (unless I have no other choice, i.e. to respond to an erroneous message) until at least the August workshop. It is preferable to focus on technical topics. -- BM
