Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1695 mails)

[Anders Johansson <ajohansson@xxxxxxx>]

On Friday 26 September 2008 11:39:35 Basil Chupin wrote:
> > They have, of course, knowledge and information from inside, but they
> > don't represent the official opinion/say of the company.
>
> You know this for a fact, do you?

Yes

> As far as I am concerned, if I see in the sender's address a reference
> to Novell or openSUSE then the response comes officially from an
> employee of Novell/openSUSE.

Well, yes it does, but that does not make it an official statement of either 
Novell or SUSE

> If the response is NOT from someone connected with Novell/openSUSE then
> there *must* be a disclaimer to indicate same.

Don't be silly. If you try to enforce this, the only result would be that the 
only @suse.com or @novell.com addresses you see are announcements. The others 
would either drop off or subscribe with private addresses

Virtually no one on these lists is allowed to make official statements on 
behalf of the companies

> If the response *is* from someone in Novell/openSUSE but reflects only
> their *personal* view/opinion then the poster must specifically mention
> this (as I have seen at least one person from Novell/openSUSE stipulate
> in his/her posting).

I agree with Carlos. Disclaimers are evil

Anders
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