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...). -- Michael Hasenstein <A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/"><A HREF="http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A">http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/</A</A>> Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998 -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>