An open letter from SC 34 participants in the Oslo plenary, April 2008

We the undersigned participants at this SC 34 meeting wish to make it clear that we deplore the personal attacks that have been made during the DIS 29500 standardisation project in recent months. We believe standards debate should always be carried out with respect for all parties, even when they strongly disagree.

We call on all organisations and individuals involved in SC 34 standardisation to support this view, and to refrain from initiating or engaging in any such personal attacks.


Makoto Murata
Sam Gyun Oh
G. Ken Holman
Garth Mackway-Wilson
Grantham Daniels
Bob Jolliffe
Anneli Hagdahl
Jirka Kosek
Mario Wendt
Alex Brown
Francis Cave
Patrick Durusau
Dave Welsh
Toshiko Kimura
Lars Marius Garshol
Masanori Kusunoki
Kimmo Bergius
Juha Vartiainen
Manu Setälä
Rex Jaeschke on behalf of Ecma TC 45 members
Shahzad Rana
Dave Welsh
Jasper Hedegaard Bojsen
Grantham Daniels
Harald Alvestrand
Jens Mikael Jensen
Martin Bryan
Rick Jelliffe
Keld Simonsen
Thomas Flemming