The point is to go beyond ME. This is not about me, but it includes me. Whether people realize it or not, it was a brutal experience that nearly cost me my life in the end and it caused many people distress. My value system says learn from history not repeat it. THAT is the goal.
Mark Norman Francis @cackhanded
15 Jul 2021
Replying to @mholzschlag
Mmm, it might be framing it around one meeting between wasp and MS. Gave me pause certainly. I wasn’t there so what could I add? At that time I was building websites, not building browsers or standards. If the call is “tell me what you were up to” that wasn’t entire clear.
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@cackhanded I think there's a great opportunity here to open the door on some of the things we experienced at Yahoo! at exactly the same time these talks were ongoing in the wider WS community. That is certainly the account I've been attempting to craft overnight.
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Replying to @nefarioustim @cackhanded
Yes, please and thank you! Expand the story. That is my ask, but it is surely proving a painful and difficult journey to embark on. Aren't those the most important ones, however? Perhaps they aren't, but I do feel we need some unity lest the entire dream disappear altogether.

Jul 15, 2021 · 9:12 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag @nefarioustim
I’ve tried before but I get stuck in complaining about Yahoo and how it treated people and that’s not what I want to write. Well, not any more. Some of my old posts show I clearly did want to at one point. 😜
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So my thought about that is to not frame these things anymore as conflict or complaint. We are now the elders of a generation as we come up on 30 years. We have voices of experience, perhaps even some wisdom. Let us share them if we feel so inspired as a tool of learning for all.
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