Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2702 mails)

[mha@xxxxxxx (Michael Hasenstein)]

On Mon, 31 May 1999, Michael Perry wrote:

> I would like to comment on the SuSE folks posting or not posting to this
> list.  Please consider carefully removing yourself from this list. I look
> forward to seeing Lenz's posting but also the others; particularly Mantel's. 
> Back awhile ago, Bodo Bauer's postings were quite interesting and I always
> felt that the support folks like Josh offer a good viewpoint on things.  The
> list has always felt rather comfortable and like a real community where we
> often welcome newcomers with not only hospitality but good advice.  I really
> like SuSE's participation whether its controversial or not.  Even if they
> don't discuss beer :) 
> 
> Seriously, I hope that everyone can place their agreements or disagreements
> or even agree to disagree at a level which will allow us to continue to
> enjoy SuSE's participation on the list.  I think without the other SuSE
> posters we do irreparable harm to our mission.  I think our mission is to
> impart knowledge on a rather exciting and fun operating system that is
> challenging to use and learn, to cuss and discuss developments, and even to
> tread past the linux frontier to a more philosophical plane.  Lets not place
> that into hazard.

The problem is when someone replies that he won't buy any SuSE (and will
even recommend against it) because of something I've said. If/when  that
happens I get a lot of trouble, of course. Participation in public
discussion with an employer-address is high-risk (for me and my
temper...).


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