Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:50:13 +1100 (EST) From: "Oben O. Candemir" <dunya@one.net.au> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Subject: Sore Support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902071136250.248-100000@fireball.2000.com.au> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990201072716.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > On 01-Feb-99 Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > People have been talking about this kind of thing for ages. > > What we lack is someone to actually DO THE WORK. :) > > I guess). It would make it easier on newbies (in fact it could be made a > novice install option only as the rest of us know, ahum =), what to do). Some working definitions in the freebsd world: |futile (noun): | Any reasonable request for support for people new to FreeBSD. How can someone 'DO THE WORK' without first learning *HOW* to do it? That is something that Jordan is overlooking I guess... the plainer points of causality. Another working definition: |newbie (slang): | See low-life, lame, retard, pain-in-the-rear. The FreeBSD 'team' looks like they are in trouble when it comes to supporting newbies. A truly dirty word. Documentation rules supreme in this age of information. Perhaps the 'core team' needs to be renamed to the "sore team" from all the scars taken from battles and opportunities lost in winning over new users. Regards, O Candemir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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