Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 18:36:44 -0700 From: Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD and IRC Message-ID: <20000501183644.A75942@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
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Just wanna share a little incident that happened today.
<dawn flame suit>
My normal routine is to hang out on IRC and gleen information from the
ones that what to give it on #FreeBSD and to share what I can to give it
back.
Today started out like any other day. people asked how to get there
mouse to work while in thier console, some other guy asked how can he
get his shell to work when he presses the up arrow key to get the
previous command, etc. The two items were fielded by the channel in a
helpful manner with a lot of poking about rtfm and using man pages.
(This is one of the reasons why I enjoy the FreeBSD community)
<check flame suit>
After awhile the channel got a little busier. A guy greeted and asked if
anyone had heard if such and such a hardware was supported. One of the
operators asked if he had checked the website. the gentlemen responded
with a yes and that he also checked the /usr/src/sys/conf/i386/LINT file
as well. The operator responded with a smart-ass remark and some
vulgarity. and then banned the gentlemen.
Now I know IRC is not an official place to get help for FreeBSD. But it
going thru its moments where people are helpful and not. But the thing
is it is easy to get to and it has some interaction in semi-real time.
It is a public forum just as much as HTTP and NNTP. With that in mind
there could be a little hint of advocacy in the channel instead of some
people with arrogance and the power of the '@'.
Just something to think about.
</dawn flame suit>
Back to IRC I go entering #FreeBSD
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