Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:44:07 -0500 From: "Bob M." <bob.middaugh@comcast.net> To: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x) Message-ID: <1166017447.678.38.camel@freebsd> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20061212230551.0319fb30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> References: <20061211185718.E5F0616A56A@hub.freebsd.org> <20061211220901.GB69273@ns.umpquanet.com> <20061211175301.17B7.GERARD@seibercom.net> <6.2.3.4.2.20061212153306.0321bc30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> <000801c71e50$93fc9750$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <6.2.3.4.2.20061212230551.0319fb30@mailsvr.xxiii.com>
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On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 23:10 -0500, wc_fbsd@xxiii.com wrote: > Those people > don't comprehend a "mailing list". They do "web pages" and "web > forums" and other clumsy devices. Put it on www.freebsd.org if you > want it easily accessible to such people. "Those people", are probably future FreeBSD user's, and sysadmins. You don't know their age, or anything about them. They could be in college, or high school for all you know. They could be in their 30's in the middle of a career change. They may just not know any better. It would be wise to try to guide "those people", as they too count when it comes to supporting FreeBSD and the community that surrounds it. I think the point is that we are not all born sophisticated user's of FreeBSD. Exactly what would you put on the homepage? A big banner stating that all newbies and clueless people in general should...? A message board, since that's what "such people" are used to? That's my .02 as someone who's been there, done that in probably the most clumsy way possible. :-) Bob
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