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Date:      Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:54:08 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        David Rhodus <drhodus@machdep.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: Removing the freebsd-config list
Message-ID:  <20040401215407.GA73638@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <CA7CED74-83E3-11D8-85F0-00039380DD2C@machdep.com>
References:  <20040401061016.GA62958@xor.obsecurity.org> <1080824677.406c1365cfd14@mail.servitor.co.uk> <20040401132026.GA69240@xor.obsecurity.org> <CA7CED74-83E3-11D8-85F0-00039380DD2C@machdep.com>

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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:52:18AM -0500, David Rhodus wrote:
>=20
> On Apr 1, 2004, at 8:20 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> >That's what the list is ostensibly for, but the users are seeing
> >"freebsd-config" and thinking something different.  If there's still
> >interest in the subject, the mailing list should at least be renamed
> >to something more obviously not about technical support :)
>=20
> I think this is more of a problem with the freebsd.org website not
> giving any technical support direction. This is the case now and
> was the case years ago when I started pointing people to FreeBSD.
> I always had to point them to the mailing lists because the webpage
> is setup more as marking hype about FreeBSD than it is geared
> towards being friendly on the front page to its novice users.

Your tone of disapproval is noted, but seriously, what do you suggest?
"Support" has a prominent position on the sidebar.

Kris
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