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On Tuesday 14 September 2004 12:23 pm, Gary Hayden 
<g_hayden@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If you want your support to grow, you better learn to foster new
> novices such as myself!  I'm really not sure I want to converse with
> the "experts" within the forums!  After reading several posts from
> individuals seeking help, it seems that your BSD experts are so full
> of themselves, they can't remember when they didn't know something!

FYI, freebsdforums.org is a volunteer effort and is not associated 
directly with FreeBSD, which is also a volunteer effort (as is this 
list). Many "official" support groups are listed here: 
http://www.freebsd.org/support.html (again, all volunteer).

> WINTEL may have its problems, but I have never had this much trouble
> finding someone who could point me in the right direction when I have
> an issue.  Maybe I'm just too stupid for such lofty exploits as
> attempting to install a FreeBSD system.

Maybe you're taking your complaint to the wrong people.

Do you have a question about FreeBSD?

- jt