Von: "Peter Flodin"
I find it ironic that somebody who has such concerns about their privacy is sending an unusually large amount of contact information to a listserver run by the same company.
Peter, My concerns do in no way mean that I am shy or paranoic. I strongly hold and defend the opinion that the indispensible counterpart of free speech is the free individual willing to stand up and be responsible for any of his/her public actions which means standing to the opinions expressed with name and personality, not just shouting and runnig away. Words are a weapon which is able to hurt, damage, even kill. I deeply contempt those who abuse computer networks for anonymous harrassment, slander, spam and similar (while some amount of anonymity may be useful and defensible under a number of circumstances). I intentionally posted my full business signature therefore (which btw. may be retrieved in the net anyway). I left more data than contained in that signature to SuSE quite often as I bought nearly every box since 4.3 or so til 9.1 (often more for curiosity and in order to support an Open Source enterprise than due to urgent need :)) and registered for support four or five times as I recall. I do not especially mistrust SuSE or Novell.
That said, I totally agree with the concerns expressed in your email.
I welcome that. I wanted to express that even minimal coerced registration is a strong obstacle for a number of persons. I refused to install Star Office for years because they demanded registration even when you had bought their product. Politely asking for registration or feedback is something quite different. I updated the Linux Counter thoroughly and veraciously for years (and still do) though or because there isn't any pressure behind. regards, es -- no sig this time :) "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail