Re: IBM again

[Walid Shaari <ws070 at mdx dot ac dot uk>]

On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 00:01, Walid Shaari wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 23:42, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> > --- Mohammed Yousif <mhdyousif gmx net> wrote:
> > > On Friday 18 October 2002 18:58, Mohamed Eldesoky wrote:
> > > > Can you believe that man ??
> > > > He was the same man who organized the LAW2001 in cairo.
> > > > http://www.ameinfo.com/cgi-bin/fevent/showarticle.cgi?id=101302181704
> > >
> > > I tended to beleive Mr.Hani Abdel-Aziz before, it's all '`7ed3a' !
> > 
> > After much research (mostly by Mr. Elzubeir) IBM seems to be doing
> > something - what that something is is rather unknown to most of us.
> > IBM also seems to be using li18nux.org (now openi18n.org) as a medium
> > (and unfortunately that medium is far from being truly "open").  What
> > is ___REALLY___ frustrating and what really stinks is that the mailing
> > lists on that site are,
> > 
> >  1. Not archived
> >  2. Don't seem to be well staffed - ie. you post a question or
> >     a comment and you simply don't get replies/acknowledgments
> >  3. There is no sense (from what I saw) of how one goes about
> >     getting more info on their work (to verify or take interest
> >     in); I'm not sure how they disperse info (nothing similar to
> >     freshmeat.net)
> > 
> > Which leads most people to frustration and simply discounting (rightly
> > or wrongly) any of their work.
> 
> I have found that 
> 
> http://www.openi18n.org/meetings/past/BiDi_001019.htm
> 
> there are a couple of email contacts at the bottom, thats what you need as a point of contact may be

its lame to add to my reply but I am lame :(
<quote url="from the above URL">
I like to call for volunteers who kindly presents BiDi support
status of Linux distribution, Open Source projects, and
BiDi support issues, if any.
</quote>

it looks like they Shouted out loud, I haven't heard them, where were
you Nadim at that time :) ?

Walid