On Monday 13 August 2012 20:58:27 Darrell Anderson wrote: > Kirsten Böge seems to be the "communications manager" of the project and > probably the correct first contact. yes. > Although the email will be written in English, what is an appropriate > German salutation and closing? Culturally, would using German appear as a > gesture of good will or not? I think it will not. english is the commonly accepted language for international communications in IT, everything else would have a smell of 'anbiedern' :) (not sure how to translate that :) > Werner, although many Germans speak and write English, would you please > review the final letter to ensure no cultural translation problems or slang > appear in the letter? looks ok, for me. see my small additions there. I think the most important fact for the limux team is that they realize that trinity is actively developed and not some kind of 'dead end'. Werner