It’s not me, but some people have suspected that there are interests involved which are beyond what one might expect. I very much doubt this having been in close touch with you, Marbux and Gary. I still fail to explain some of your actions and I’m not alone in this. Frankly, I also worry that you are trying to push an agenda onto journalists again, especially at this very crucial time. I’ve seen that once before and I’m concerned. There’s no place for “theatre” here. These are hugely important decisions which even the European Commission has recently recognised and is due to acknowledge.

Have you had a chance to review these comments from Google’s Rasmussen? I’ll quote a fragment:

Rasmussen said what Google would like to see is further development of ODF in lieu of standardising a new format, particularly to enable the ability to convert old files to the latest format in full fidelity.

“I don’t believe its true that ODF could not, with a reasonable amount of effort, be developed to a state where that could be done.

Standing out from the crowd is great, Sam, but this isn’t the time for a stage act. Given that it’s either OOXML of ODF (CDF is out of the questions and I’ve verified/checked again to dismiss Marbux’s claims), so which side are you going to stick to?

I truly hope you guys are not about to pull another stunt.

Sorry, that last section is a non-sequitur. What were you going to say about the Foundation that’s meaningful?