Simon Cozens wrote: > There may not be an *actual* conflict of interest, but when people on > the outside see the CEO of a company which provides Perl support being > Perl's corporate contact, by heck is there going to be a *perceived* > one. > > We need to have clean hands. The external appearance of this Perl needs to > be spotless. This was exactly my point about the vendor liaison role. The honesty and integrity of the person holding the role is utterly irrelevant. It's a PR issue, and therefore purely a matter of appearances. Anyone in this role should not be tied to a particular camp, IMHO. -- Alan Burlison Solaris Kernel Development, Sun MicrosystemsThread Previous | Thread Next