[Foundation-l] Statement to the Associated Press

[Andrew Whitworth]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:33 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>  > And I assume you sent something to this regard (hopefully more
>  > substantial) to the AP as well?
>  >
>  That wouldn't be a wise idea.  You don't maintain the high ground by
>  getting into the gutter and flinging the same kind of mud, especially
>  not if AP doesn't do anything with the material they have recived from
>  Merkey. I'm sure they get complaints of this sort just as much as OTRS
>  gets them from and about other people.

What also wouldn't be a good idea is the same kind of secrecy and
silence that people have been complaining about for months. If you act
like every other company in the world, you're going to run into the
same kinds of problems. There is always forgiveness to be had if
people are honest about their mistakes. On the other hand, if things
were truly "transparent" as people seem to claim, then finding the
necessary proof to debunk these accusations should be a simple matter
of searching through old records. Make all the truth known and keep
all your information in the public eye, and you don't need to defend
against anything, sling any mud, or suffer any unsubstantiated
allegations.

--Andrew Whitworth