> From my experience SuSE is not very responsive either to messages
sent
> to the stated email addresss and their own mailing lists. This may
be as
> simple as the people feeling uncomfortable in a foreign language. My
German
> however is not good enough to bridge that gap.

I don't expect much in the way of responses.  The audience on most
mailings lists is self-selecting and all many of crazies can turn up.
This was a particular characteristic of the Windows vs OS2 advocacy
battles.  No one representing a vendor wants to get drawn into an
online insult match.

The most I would ever expect in the way of an online correction is a
pointer to a web page, press release, announcement letter or some
such.  I certainly wouldn't expect a vendor representative to enter
into a discussion.

That's a different thing from pretending the groups aren't monitored.
I've spent a good part of my career with vendors and work a lot with
them today - they certainly do monitor groups like this.

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