Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:51:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just curious (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007172351001.50370-100000@markl.com>
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Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:36:10 -0700
From: Dave Goodrich <daveg@rblc.com>
To: Damon Hammis <squirrel@hammis.com>
Subject: Re: Just curious
You have my wholehearted support, but because we use MS Expunge Server, I
cannot send a reply to the list, which cannot be found it seems from here.
Please forward my agreement.
I've always like the newbie response of;
<answer>
<where it was found>
This answers questions, shows that there are more answers, and where to find
them.
DAve.
on 7/17/00 1:34 PM, Damon Hammis at squirrel@hammis.com wrote:
> I've been a user of FreeBSD for sometime now, and have subscribed to this
> list on different occasions. (Usually when I've come to a roadblock and
> simply cannot figure out the answer or find a solution in the archives or
> on the site) One thing that I've noticed is that for the most part people
> on the list try to help out as much as possible, but at least once or
> twice a day I see really snotty responses to questions posted on the list.
> I'm really curious as to why you would say "Read the FAQ" or "It's on the
> site somewhere" rather than just give the answer if/when you already know
> it. While I understand that newbie questions or questions without enough
> information can be annoying at times, a snotty response could turn off
> potential users of FreeBSD. I would think that the readers on this list,
> much like myself, would like to see FreeBSD become a well known operating
> system, and not because of a bunch of snotty people on the mailing list,
> but rather because it simply is the best OS for the majority of user and
> networking applications.
>
> I expect the flames to come shortly, and I've prepared myself for it, but
> maybe I'm missing something and will get a better explanation.
>
> Long Live FreeBSD!!!
>
> --Damon
>
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