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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2000 05:50:38 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>
Cc:        Robert Kosinski <whelkman@operamail.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: -questions decorum
Message-ID:  <20001206055038.A1434@buffy.local>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012051751320.80678-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>; from DougB@gorean.org on Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 05:53:04PM -0800
References:  <3A282E91@operamail.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012051751320.80678-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com>

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On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 05:53:04PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Robert Kosinski wrote:
> 
> > My, what a troll you are.  I'm surprised you even got Linux to run if you 
> > can't
> > make boot disks.  And what is this "running FreeBSD in NT" crap?  FreeBSD is 
> > an
> > operating system, you idiot, not an NT program.
> 
> 	No matter how annoying the person, how much of a troll their
> e-mail was, etc., etc.; you do the project more harm than good with a
> response like this. If you cannot possibly answer and e-mail without
> calling the person names, simply don't answer it. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug

I entirely agree with Doug.
If I was a newbie here this kind of response would scare
me off from this group for good, to the consequent
detriment of the reputation of FreebSD, and one person who
may just decide it is something only for experts.

I am not a newbie to UNIX, but am relatively new to FreeBSD, so
I am not about to tell people how to behave here. But before
you shoot off insults at people (total strangers btw) think
how would feel to receive such an email or public posting.

My 0,2 (Dutch) cents worth

Cliff



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