Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:19:49 -0700 From: gek <gekk0@usa.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How would it work? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980826211949.00797b60@pop.netaddress.com> In-Reply-To: <19980827135247.43750@welearn.com.au> References: <3.0.5.32.19980826190359.0079d730@pop.netaddress.com> <3.0.5.32.19980826190359.0079d730@pop.netaddress.com>
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How will this happen? hrm.. 1) People subscribe 2) People ask questions, chat, discuss FreeBSD, etc 3) People either respond or delete the message As long as people understand that this new list is targeted towards people new to FreeBSD, and that some of the questions they ask may not get answered on the list. Someone may of gone through the same pain someone else is asking about, and may feel like helping Who would run it? run what? I don't run a dictatorship The 2 rules: 1) No excessive flaming 2) no spam Being ex-military, I have no problem sending in a SEAL team to silence someone, or if I'm lazy....just launch a little cruise missle :) , or removing them from the list, but it would take a lot for me to do that....I'm just a laid back type of guy. Gotta be laid back to sit in traffic here in Silicon Valley, hehe. Besides, I lack a life, therefore I have time to kill :) I'm almost done setting it up... Have a good day Kevin At 01:52 PM 8/27/98 +1000, you wrote: >On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 07:03:59PM -0700, gek wrote: >> Would there be enough demand for me to locate another place that I could >> set up a mailing list for FreeBSD newbies to ask their questions, chat, >> share tips, etc? >> I think I might be able to find a place, just remember, that a list filled >> with "newbies" may not be able to answer your question, but you won't be >> told not to ask questions on the list. > >Having the "place" is not the problem, that's the easiest part to >organise! > >Many have suggested a similar thing, so you are not alone there. > >Nobody has been able to turn their "I want for me" wish into "we'll do >this for FreeBSD" reality. Nobody has found a way to make it work. No >newbie has ever had the patience and maturity to sit down and plan it >carefuly, figure out how it could work, how it could be sustained, who >would support it and how, and what incentive all parties would have. > >If anyone can ever get out of their tantrums long enough to answer all >these questions, housing the list will be no problem at all. > >Get real, think, plan, gather resources, then act, and no-one will stop you. > >FreeBSD is not a service, it's a community where people do what they >want to do because they have some incentive do it. It's no use >demanding what you want, you have to demonstrate that you know how to >make it work. Nobody has been able to tackle that one yet, but everyone >wants to shed tears over what service they wish would magically appear. > >Has anyone even begun to consider which difficulties would need to be >overcome? Or do you all think that it'll just "happen" like magic? > >-- > >Regards, > -*Sue*- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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