Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 02:35:24 -0400 From: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE forFreeBSDPetition Message-ID: <392F6CAC.1988C2EA@mail.ptd.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005262053560.92573-100000@server.highperformance.net> <008801bfc799$88cddde0$ed64aad0@leviathan>
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gh wrote: > > > My thoughts during this discussion should never be construed as a request > > to dumb down the OS. > > I think it is safe now to say that we all essentially agree. > ``We'' being the FreeBSD userbase, developers, everybody. > > -We should welcome *all* to the FreeBSD world. > -We should *not* lower our expectations to benefit the majority (ie: > clueless majority) > -We should do what we can to help those new to FreeBSD. > -We should absolutely *not* dumb down the OS. > We could, however, provide assistance, in, perhaps, more friendly terms(?) > -We should at all times maintain an attitude of friendly, helpful, > snobbiness. ;-)) > > Eh? > Perhaps said more eloquently, but that's pretty much the gist of it, no? I think the important thing is not to create false expectations (of ease and simplicity) in the minds of those who have never been exposed to a real operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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