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From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: and if -questions doesn't work?
To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.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
> 
>
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