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Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>,
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Subject: Re: Explaining FreeBSD features
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:36:48 +0800
Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Vulpes Velox wrote:
> 
> > Ignorant useless users should be supported by commercial ventures,
> > not community ones. They will just drag the community down with
> > their weight if they don't help out.
> >
> This would be the real tough one.
> 
> There should also be a way to write some kind of descripton for the 
> people between.
> 
> > I found the handbook to be useful in this area.
> 
> Yes, if you understand it. It is written be serious IT
> professionals for serious IT professionals. Even a serious none IT
> professional has problems understanding it.
> 
> Our problem is that we all do not know the people who would speak
> the language none IT professionals understand.
> 
> The original writer sounds like being skilled enough to have
> serious try on this one if he gets the information he needs for
> this.

I also had too read up on various unix tutorials as well.

I feel the handbook could be made clearer in some areas, but I
believe it is good in general.