Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 08:33:52 -0800 (PST) From: Mervin McDougall <mcd_advisory@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <20041223163352.50460.qmail@web61202.mail.yahoo.com>
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There is an old saying that goes, "Be nice to the persons you meet on your way up,cause these are the same persons whom you meet on your down." I myself am a noobie and I guess we all are on some level. Nobody knows everything there is to know about unix not a noobie or the most experienced kernel hacker. To continue the legacy of persons acquiring and learning freebsd you need to foster first that feeling that it is ok to learn and it is not for an elite few. Everyone has got to start somewhere for goodness sake. But if you consider over time if you are going to need help from your user base to support you in any way, they are going to look back on freebsd more for how they were treated and how well they were attended to more than the request for help. They will be pouring out themselves to help even though they may not be the best programmer, kernel hacker, documenter or otherwise. If we have to foster and maintain a community that will ensure that FreeBSD will be there for others to love and enjoy in the future we have to remember to do those little things like helping out those who are not as technically inclined to get up to speed. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com
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