Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 18:27:06 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: zjhh2@etsu.edu, mark@vmunix.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list Message-ID: <19980301182706.49851@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803010743.SAA04574@cimlogic.com.au>; from John Birrell on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 06:43:54PM %2B1100 References: <19980301181929.41719@welearn.com.au> <199803010743.SAA04574@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 18:43:54 +1100, John Birrell wrote: > Sue Blake wrote: >> Yeah, maybe it would be more usefully presented as a newbies chat list, >> so as to avoid reliance on it for answers and to invite chat. > > So now you've talked your way around to this list. Why not just use it? No! This list is for people who know FreeBSD. Sure, it's chat, but it's a different kind of discussion. I don't think most of the regulars here would like to get involved in endless discussions about why you can't download a floppy with Netscrape. >> Hmm, I'm thinking that it's easier to communicate in a space that you own >> (as a newbie) rather than one where you're a guest, and a few too clever >> people could take that feeling away. > > Then you'll need to host your own list and invite others to post to it. > If you can do that, then you're probably no longer a newbie so you > might have to stop using your own list. 8-) Well, I have my doubts about Sue's claim to being a newbie, too, but maybe we should put her in the category of "experienced newbie". But if this idea is going to fly, it should fly the FreeBSD flag. Jonathan, are you listening? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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