Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:31:03 -0500 From: Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com> To: Andreas Ntaflos <ant@overclockers.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: subscribe Message-ID: <20020805033103.GC5143%scottro@despammed.com> In-Reply-To: <20020805012531.GD11668@Deadcell.ant> References: <CMEMLGKEKMLLFOICILNMKEFBCBAA.desmond.lee@shaw.ca> <20020805012531.GD11668@Deadcell.ant>
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On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 03:25:32AM +0200, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > This seems to happen very often lately.... > > Quoting the handbook: > ------------ > C.1.2 How to Subscribe > > To subscribe to a list, send mail to <majordomo@FreeBSD.org> and > include > > subscribe <listname> [<optional address>] As I'm sure everyone cares what I think about this :) Seriously, I co-moderate a few newbie Linux lists and have made a faq for them. I have several stock messages that I'll insert in an answer, depending upon their offence, but basically coming down to, you received a link to a faq when you joined this list, your question is answered there, blah blah. Today, with a bit of reluctance, I added the question, as it's become a Frequently Asked one of how does one get to a command prompt. I think that MS has made some poor marketing decisions, and this is pushing a lot of people to try Linux and *BSD. Some of these people simply run into problems because, for example, they go to www.freebsd.org and English isn't their first language, and perhaps their language isn't listed. Some are well-meaning and just need to be taught. And some, of course, are just plain lazy. Computers are becoming more and more common, and therefore, there is going to be an influx of less computer-literate people. I suppose this discussion belongs on advocacy, but anyway, that's my answer to your question. :) As computer use grows, the number of less computer literate folks who use one also grows. As MS becomes more unpopular, and people look for alternatives, the number of folks who know very little but try to use Linux or *BSD increases. We can throw up our hands in disgust, welcome all of them, or try to deal with it as individuals on a case by case basis. How we deal with it is DEFINITELY a question for advocacy rather than questions, but... Anyway, sorry for a bit of a waste of bandwidth, but it is a subject that has been on my mind lately. > -- Scott Willow: Diana, Hecate, I hereby license thee to depart. Goddess of creatures great and small, I conjure thee to withdraw Amy: (squeak) Buffy: Maybe we should get her one of those wheel thingies. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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