The art of snipping quotes to imply something that was not even mentioned is 
what separates a "journalist" from a "writer" (in my opinion anyway).

I see Jeff's point all to clearly.  Once you know the media is watching a forum 
it creates a PR problem.  The easiest way to suppress the information "leak" is 
to shut down the forum.  The easiest way to do that is exactly as Jeff stated.  
Cheaper then assassinated everyone individually too. ;-)

>From the corporate perspective, customer support is much cheaper than 
>reputation/PR.  It is better to have a good reputation and crappy product than 
>vice versa.

Phil Koster
Network Administrator
City of Grand Rapids
Direct: 616-456-3136
Helpdesk: 456-3999


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Keating [mailto:pkeating at bank-banque-canada.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:26 AM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Fame at last.

I can't see why they would want to suppress forums.

It creates "peer support" and I'm sure eliminates some calls to their support 
center.

It's funny that my quote implies I've experienced problems with 6.0, when in 
fact I've never even attempted to install it.

Paul

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff 
> Lightner
> Sent: September 7, 2006 11:18 AM
> To: Koster, Phil; veritas-bu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Fame at last.
> 
> 
> I didn't say they had a good case for libel but rather that they might 
> try such a case to suppress a forum.  I doubt the people that sponsor 
> most forums have deep enough pockets or desire to get into a 
> protracted legal wrangle just to continue doing so.
> 
> Don't ever imagine lawsuits are only about "justice".  There is enough 
> history of corporate legal foot dragging just to bleed the smaller 
> guy's resources dry.  The idea in such suits is not to win the suit 
> but rather to make the perceived problem go away simply by delay and 
> intimidation.
> This is why almost always a lawyer will first write a letter 
> requesting "cease and desist" first - the threat of action alone may 
> be enough to get the desired effect.