I agree with your point, however some of us are trying to contact companies for reasons other than 'release of software'. In fact that is the least of my worries.
Perhaps you will see that some of these emails going back and forward are a means of obtaining the details of precisely the people we need to contact. However I do agree that we should all sit quietly and not jump.
A united front, a clear agenda and a professional forum is required. I also think that someone should be elected as a spokesperson & a chair to make sure that things of this nature do not get out of hand.
