Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:39:57 -0300 (ADT) From: arthur <arthur@col.auracom.com> To: "Michael P. Sale" <mike@merchantsnet.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lists, newbies & support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980622193410.20196H-100000@outpost.col.auracom.com> In-Reply-To: <01bd9e0a$1b171100$3406bccc@708644668>
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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Michael P. Sale wrote: > 1. Send out an email to all FreeBSD groups with this question. > > How many people on this list have been here for over a year and before > installing FreeBSD themselves had never used a unix variant? This does not > count people that simply walked into a shop that runs BSD and had to learn > it with the help of co-workers. > > I'll bet that you get a minimal response. > .... I'm finally crawling out of the woodwork, No I'm not really new to unix, but the only other varient I have used is quite basic compared to what FreeBSD has to offer, oh yeah, I've been kicking around these mail lists for about 1.5 years now. > If FreeBSD only wants customers that are familiar with unix, so be it. They > are doing a fine job. It will continue to be a "techie" OS that is slow > growing and will probably never really catch on. I am beginning to think > that this is exactly what most of the "elders" at FreeBSD really want. They > are probably already overworked and simply don't have a lot of time for > truly newbie questions. > I'm in 100% agreement with this statement, and I also feel that a properly run newbie-questions list would be very beneficial to the entire FreeBSD project. It would be a good place for people new to unix to cut their teeth and ready themselves for the overwhelming amount of mail that comes from subscribing to -questions. > While technically, everyone may be right about some of the initial problems > a newbies-questions list would cause, I firmly believe that from a business > AND NEWBIE perspective (getting more people involved, understanding and > staying with FreeBSD) a newbies-questions list is just a minimal first step > in the correct direction. > Initially there would be problems, but if the list was setup as experienced newbies helping newbies it just might have a chance. Also a list of this type hopefully would cut down some of the traffic in -questions and mellow out the atmosphere of that list also. > OK, I'll be quiet again. (This should keep Sue happy for a while. I think > the last time I uttered that I disapeared for two months) :-) > > Till next time, > > Mike > ... snicker, do you think Sue helped get -newbies started by disappearing for months at time ? ;) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - arthur@col.auracom.com In a world without fences, is there a need for gates --end-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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