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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.

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