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