From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 17 13:53:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com (sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com [63.209.169.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0400137BC4F for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:53:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nevans@nextvenue.com) Received: FROM sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com BY sn1oexchr01.nextvenue.com ; Mon Jul 17 16:51:30 2000 -0400 Received: by sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <3987SDJ3>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:48:54 -0400 Message-ID: <712384017032D411AD7B0001023D799B07C9F1@sn1exchmbx.nextvenue.com> From: Nick Evans To: 'Damon Hammis' Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Just curious Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:48:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BFF030.6B593C90" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF030.6B593C90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" People are better off researching things on their own, they pick up other information in the process. The worst thing is having someone just ask a question in such a manner so that they appear to not have a care about learning anything new. It's just annoying to answer endless questions simply because people are too lazy to hunt for the answers themselves. In the case of the what does BSD stand for, if someone is asking that question then they have some sort of interest in the OS and therefore should read the FAQ's and other docs on the website so that they may become a better part of the community, not just some schlep who leeches off others for answers to their questions...I'm sure that most people on this list would have no problem if the question was more like, what can i read to find out what BSD is or how it works, etc... -----Original Message----- From: Damon Hammis [mailto:squirrel@hammis.com] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 4:34 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Just curious 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 _ _ |__/| .~ ~. /o=o'`./ .' {o__, \ { / . . ) \ `-` '-' \ } .( _( )_.' '---.~_ _ _| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF030.6B593C90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Just curious

People are better off researching things on their = own, they pick up other information in the process. The worst thing is = having someone just ask a question in such a manner so that they appear = to not have a care about learning anything new. It's just annoying to = answer endless questions simply because people are too lazy to hunt for = the answers themselves. In the case of the what does BSD stand for, if = someone is asking that question then they have some sort of interest in = the OS and therefore should read the FAQ's and other docs on the = website so that they may become a better part of the community, not = just some schlep who leeches off others for answers to their = questions...I'm sure that most people on this list would have no = problem if the question was more like, what can i read to find out what = BSD is or how it works, etc...

-----Original Message-----
From: Damon Hammis [mailto:squirrel@hammis.com]
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 4:34 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Just curious


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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          &nb= sp;    {o__,   \    {
          &nb= sp;      / .  . )    = \ 
          &nb= sp;      `-` '-' \    }
          &nb= sp;     .(   _(   )_.'
          &nb= sp;    '---.~_ _ _|



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