Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 16:39:37 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> Cc: gh <grasshacker@linkfast.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why encourage stupid people to use *BSD WAS:Re: IE forFreeBSDPetition Message-ID: <392F0B39.FC7F84F2@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005260753250.57071-100000@server.highperformance.net>
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"Jason C. Wells" wrote:
>
> On Fri, 26 May 2000, gh wrote:
>
> >Thank you, good sir, for completely ignoring my statements.
> >
> >I said that we should not encourage the *worst* of *any* usergroup to
> >use FreeBSD. I said specifically that I encouraged bringing people to
> >FreeBSD, but not forcefully shoving the lowest denominator into the
> >FreeBSD world.
>
> You argument is still arrogant and elitist. All denominators should come
> and we should welcome them.
While I agree with this on principle, and have worked very hard for the
last several years to "lower the bar" for competent freebsd
administration, the plan fact is that at some point on the curve you run
out of resources to support people with a very low clue factor. If
you're willing to put your fingers where your mouth is and answer the
questions, write the documentation, do the patches, etc.; that's great,
and we will welcome your contributions. But in this context simply
saying, "FreeBSD SHOULD do X" is not very meaningful.
Doug
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