Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 09:06:47 CDT From: dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fw: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <200105131404.HAA15938@falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net>
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What was your problem? This is also a really high volume mail list and sometimes I delete ones I shouldn't... I can't read all of them but I try to get ones that stick out to me. As far as support goes there is the mailing list archives on www.freebsd.org which I have found incredibly valuable on occasion. Especially if no one answers your question. I came here as a newbie and found myself needing help and these guys generally did a great job addressing my problems considering none of us are paid to do it. Regardless of how Greg's question answering criteria are set up <no offense to Greg... he's a busy guy> I wouldn't expect anyone else to have such high standards. If you do choose to leave FreeBSD behind and search for an alternative Unice due to frustration I hope that maybe in the future you will come back as this is exactly what I did. :) And I haven't had any reason to regret having made the move from Linux to FreeBSD. Just my $.02 on the issue. Dave PS: Again what was your problem? You can email me directly if you'd like and I will see if I can help you directly or point you in the right direction. > On Sat, 12 May 2001, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 23:37:25 -0500 > To: newbies@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> > From: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> > Subject: Re: I'm leaving > > Hello. > > I don't remember seeing your messages either. Anyway. I'm still a newbie > and I have been working with the products for almost 2 years. Yes > sometimes > you won't find an answer on the list to basic things but you have the > archives to consult and you have the great manuals of Greg. Besides the > site is freebsd.org is VERY helpful. My recommendation is not to give up > and try to solve your problems. Sooner or later you will fine the best > option is to stay with FreeBSD instead all the LINUX options. > > One thing for sure is that most of the people here won't solve you the > problem BUT will give your hints and tips so you can solve it yourself > and > learn that way. I like that way better. > > Stay with the product, read and study A LOT... you will thank yourself > in > the near future. > > JB > > > At 13:57 13/05/01 +0930, you wrote: > >[copying -questions and -newbies] > > > >On Saturday, 12 May 2001 at 19:31:55 -0700, N6REJ wrote: > > > Due to the overwhelming lack of assitance I have gotten in the > > > freebsd-newbies, questions, and here, I am leaving FBSD. I tried > several > > > times to get assitance for my install and each time was met with > > > > non-responses. > > > There is one person though that I will give special mention to and > that is > > > susy. She and I conversed on several occasions. She was'nt able to > solve > > > my most necessary problem, but she was able to help me understand a > few > > > things and I was able to aid her. Thanks susie. > > > > There was another though I don't recall his name that mentioned to > try ftp5 > > > which I did. But those two folks out of all of you, were the only 2 > who > > > bothered to take any time to help someone brand new to BSD along. If > you > > > EVER hope to make FBSD the leading Unice, I suggest you learn how to > > prevent > > > this in the future. As a person who has spent 25 yrs in this biz I'm > not > > > easily swayed away from my endeavors, but I refuse to pound my head > against > > > a brick wall. > > > >Well, we're sorry you're dissatisfied, but I suspect you're > >misunderstanding a few basic facts: > > > >1. The lists are run by volunteers. Nobody's obliged to answer any > > question. As I say at http://echunga.lemis.com/references.html, > > it's up to you to formulate mail messages that people will want to > > answer. > > > > I personally peruse every message that goes through > > FreeBSD-questions. I answer the ones that: > > > > a. Are well prepared. > > b. Are easy to read. > > c. I know how to answer. > > > > I can't recall seeing any message from you, which means that maybe > > they didn't conform to (a) or (b). But there's another > > possibility: > > > >2. There's only one mailing list which you should use for asking > > questions of the nature you're describing, and that's > > FreeBSD-questions. Given that you sent this message to -advocacy, > > > where it is only marginally relevant, I suspect that you might > > have sent your questions to -newbies or -advocacy, both of which > > don't have this kind of question on their charter. If you send > > this kind of question to them, the correct response is to ignore > > them, though from time to time people will reply and point you to > > -questions. > > > > >3. Ultimately, any problem you have is your own personal property. > > Don't blame other people for it. > > > >Greg > > >-- > >Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > >See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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