> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan M. Backus [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 9:56 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Focus Group
> 
> 
>         Mike Paivinen (HP) has asked us to start up the Focus 
> Group discussions again.  The goal is to have a group of 
> roughly 10 - 15 OpenMPE end users that would be willing to 
> meeting for a small series (2 or 3) conference calls.  There 
> would also be a private non-archived listserv used for 
> scheduling of the conference calls and follow-up discussion.  
> To better insure success Mike and I have agreed that he will 
> take a more active direct roll in scheduling the conference 
> calls, but OpenMPE will be very involved in the discussion.
> 

While I can see the need to limit the number of participants in the
conference call to a manageable number, what is with the PRIVATE
NON-ARCHIVED list server to discuss the conference calls? Is HP and the
board really that afraid of what will be said that it cannot risk it
being exposed to the general membership of this, supposedly, open
community? 

This level of secrecy being applied to an obsoleted operating system has
passed excessive and reached the stage of comical. 

Comments are my own, not my employer's... Etc.