From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 13:40:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05F2716A403 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:40:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from alnrmhc13.comcast.net (alnrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.225.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CC343CA0 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:39:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob.middaugh@comcast.net) Received: from freebsd (c714754e.state.nj.us[199.20.117.78]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc13) with SMTP id <20061213134045b1300phsoge>; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:40:45 +0000 From: "Bob M." To: wc_fbsd@xxiii.com In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20061212230551.0319fb30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> References: <20061211185718.E5F0616A56A@hub.freebsd.org> <20061211220901.GB69273@ns.umpquanet.com> <20061211175301.17B7.GERARD@seibercom.net> <6.2.3.4.2.20061212153306.0321bc30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> <000801c71e50$93fc9750$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <6.2.3.4.2.20061212230551.0319fb30@mailsvr.xxiii.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:44:07 -0500 Message-Id: <1166017447.678.38.camel@freebsd> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob.middaugh@comcast.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:40:49 -0000 On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 23:10 -0500, wc_fbsd@xxiii.com wrote: > Those people > don't comprehend a "mailing list". They do "web pages" and "web > forums" and other clumsy devices. Put it on www.freebsd.org if you > want it easily accessible to such people. "Those people", are probably future FreeBSD user's, and sysadmins. You don't know their age, or anything about them. They could be in college, or high school for all you know. They could be in their 30's in the middle of a career change. They may just not know any better. It would be wise to try to guide "those people", as they too count when it comes to supporting FreeBSD and the community that surrounds it. I think the point is that we are not all born sophisticated user's of FreeBSD. Exactly what would you put on the homepage? A big banner stating that all newbies and clueless people in general should...? A message board, since that's what "such people" are used to? That's my .02 as someone who's been there, done that in probably the most clumsy way possible. :-) Bob