I think companies would be hard pressed to get libel suits against forum 
members like here.  The problems we are raising here we are having.  It's not 
slander or libel if it is true.  If they had half a brain they would be 
monitoring forums like this and forwarding some of the feedback to the software 
engineers to try and get the fixes done before a support case is created.  I 
don't think I've ever seen that happen though.  At best you might see an 
engineer that works for the company monitoring the forum but even that is rare 
in my experience.

As far as quoting without permission, it all goes back to the expectation of 
privacy on the internet.  The way the laws are right now, if you post to 
something like this you're making a public statement which is eligible to be 
quoted.  Just like if you yelled it out loud on a public street.  That's why 
when I was in the U.S. Army they told us our official statement on all issues 
was always "No comment" unless otherwise directed.  If you got quoted saying 
anything at all there was a possibility of getting in serious trouble.  Even if 
the statement was true.  I was once even told (jokingly) not to acknowledge the 
color of the sky or the grass.

Phil
456-3136

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner at water.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:30 AM
To: Mansell, Richard; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Fame at last.

Yep.  My company wouldn't let me interview.

Interesting that the guy says he's "unaware" of the issues.  Do you suppose 
support doesn't report the issues or that he just makes it his business to stay 
unaware so that he can make comments like that to reporters?

I didn't really see them mention the scheduling issues that seem to have
been a lot of the talk here.   

The downside to an article like this is that pinhead execs instead of deciding 
to fix the problems may decide it is better to suppress forums like this and 
start lawsuits for libel to do that.

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Mansell, 
Richard
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:39 PM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Fame at last.

I see some of you were also contacted by Sharon at Computerworld:-

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/090506-users-suffer-major-problems
-with.html 


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