Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 05:49:06 -0700 (MST) From: Ade Barkah <mbarkah@hemi.com> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: dyson@freefall.freebsd.org, craigs@venus.os.com, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, deasey@netpath.net, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <199512301249.FAA29827@hemi.com> In-Reply-To: <199512301208.WAA09984@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Dec 30, 95 10:38:28 pm
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > > A hint, you're asking the wrong question. Stop thinking Linux and ask > > > > what you mean. > ... > > (Hope that this clarifies the situation.) Also, I sure wish that we > > would learn to be more tolerant of apparently innocent questions being > > asked. > > I was attemting to elucidate the true question, ... Well, sometimes an email comes out the wrong way, because lack of context. It's really hard to tell the mood of the writer sometimes via electronic mail. Anyway, a lot of the recent mail from this group (including the one quoted above) sounded very condescending, whether intentional or not. Perhaps all of us could try to write more email- friendly messages, especially to -questions. Regards, -Ade -------------------------------------------------------------------- Inet: mbarkah@hemi.com - HEMISPHERE ONLINE - www: <http://hemi.com/>; --------------------------------------------------------------------
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