Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 08:43:34 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Peter da Silva <peter@taronga.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New prototype for the FreeBSD homepage Message-ID: <19981101084334.31126@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199810312135.PAA17201@bonkers.taronga.com>; from Peter da Silva on Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 03:35:38PM -0600 References: <19981028151508.A8115@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> <19981028232318.35249@nothing-going-on.org> <19981029132834.A17530@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de>,<19981029132834.A17530@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> <19981101061204.63924@welearn.com.au> <199810312135.PAA17201@bonkers.taronga.com>
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On Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 03:35:38PM -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:
> In article <19981101061204.63924@welearn.com.au> you write:
> >There is another link that I'm thinking should be there but it'll take
> >some more planning and another web page. We have some visitors who are
> >so sure about what they (think they) have to do, that no hints to the
> >contrary will alter their expectations:
>
> > I have to download a file, probably called freebsd.zip, probably
> > a couple of megabytes, and then unzip it and run freebsd.exe or
> > setup.exe to see what this program looks like. Then I'll understand
> > what FreeBSD is.
>
> Do we want people who think that's what FreeBSD is, trying to install and
> run FreeBSD?
No. That's why we need to direct them to something they can understand
instead of letting them end up in -questions where nobody has the time
to understand them. It shows we have respect for their time even though
they are no use to us.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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