Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 11:00:19 -0500 From: Ash Gokhale <ash.gokhale@noaa.gov> To: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: Eric@savaka.com Subject: FreeBSD-newbies is a community. Message-ID: <853AE3A7-79BE-11D8-9740-00039383C51E@noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <1079675230.86745.91.camel@compass> References: <1079648282.405a201a64217@savaka.com> <004c01c40d59$38e8d550$1e0a0a0a@nt.shinawatra.ac.th> <20040319030343.GA21807@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040318222230.F54150@floyd.gnulife.org> <1079675230.86745.91.camel@compass>
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Asbestos underwear aside, FreeBSD is a community that is expanding at all the tiers, from n00b ,operator,admin, developer and finally to "I write interrupt level microcode for God's machine herself, how dare you ask that question on this list, this is clearly a ports problem, uggh!". The best part of the list it is that it belongs to the people who use it moderately and politely. Appropriating the newbie list for a wider range of questions gives people a chance to play with ideas they would not ordinarily be exposed to. People who come to FreeBSD from another unix should appreciate this variety. Real brand new unix/BSD mephits will appreciate good humor and courtesy. I would hate to bug -hackers, or -questions with an OpenSSL upgrade question. And if you have ever read lists from that other "Highly Secure" free BSD that starts with an "O" which originates the said library; You might envision a truly frightened new user. This a great question for this list, we are all newbies. ( excluding people who are busy writing the Kernel ) That said, our successful community will not scold people who don't know where to get the information they seek. We will instead try to help, and buy suggesting different approaches, give everyone learns something different. btw: I would not build _my_ crypto framework from ports. *wink from walden two, Ash.Gokhale@noaa.gov System Administration Lead, NOAA/MDL
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