Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 22:54:01 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: desktop stupidity Message-ID: <36B7E479.5B4AA5E8@verinet.com> References: <9436.918010507@zippy.cdrom.com>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > > > Bleah! Dealing resourcefully with one's own ignorance (aka learning) > > is a basic life skill, and people who find the process traumatic, > > or who need to thrust the responsibility onto others, need remedial > > counselling, not support groups for everything. > > With all due deference to Sue, I have to chime in behind Robert here > and say that what Sue collectively refers to newbies are really > two distinct camps of people: > > 1. Those who are totally ignorant about FreeBSD and probably > Unix in general but are interested in learning new things > and don't mind getting their hands a little dirty in the > process. That's how I got here. I can't call myself a grand kernel contributor but I can point to a few converts and a few hundred dollars to Walnut Creek. Given one iota of a chance and FreeBSD will be a server platform where I work. -- Allen Campbell | Remember parents, do not 'over shake' allenc@verinet.com | your infant. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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