The "why" would be the perceived reluctance of users to do the upgrade
or worse yet loss of new sales due to potential customers researching
the pros/cons of the various products (Legato, NBU etc...).

If you think large corporations don't try to hijack things like this and
user meetings so they can tailor the message I'd invite you to research
what happened to Interex/HP World.  

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Paul
Keating
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.