Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 07:56:58 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: and if -questions doesn't work? Message-ID: <20001201155659.8535.qmail@web1103.mail.yahoo.com>
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That's a fair response, but doesn't do much for FreeBSD advocacy. I can't help but think that marketshare (read Micro$oft) is obtained by making it easy to find help; configuration for the lazy, if you will. Maybe I misread the goals of the community. I can't choose a side here; I respect an OS or application that requires you to learn it, to understand how it works before you can run it effectively, but that requirement seems to relegate FreeBSD to a hobby until I become an expert...and since it's a hobby, that may never happen. --Tim "Look Ma, I'm using -newbies for a discussion!" --- Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> wrote: > > > People consistently send questions to this list, > and > > are consistenly advised to send them to > -questions. > > I've taken those comments to heart and sent > several of > > my questions to -questions. But what do I do if > they > > don't get answered? > > Well, 90% of the time when I don't get an answer to > my questions > it's because I asked it without doing much research. > These days I mostly > try to ask "Where can I find some more info on > ....." and I'll get two or > three good pointers. After a bit of research, I'm > usually ready to come > back and ask a more pointed question. > Of the other 10% of questions, it's usually because > I'm asking > about some program that no one really uses, or it's > been answered to death > on both the list (mail archives!) and in the > handbook. > > Rick > > ******************************************************************* > Rick's FreeBSD Web page > http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd > Ace Logan's Hardware Guide > http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware > ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! > http://www.freebsd.org > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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