Re: Hello All,

Sorry... this was supposed to be 100% off list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Mastin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Hello All,


> Off-list..
>
> Hi Tina,
>
> > Hi Linuxians,
> >
> > I don't know why you all are making fuss out of nothing. I don't think i
> > have compelled anybody to answer my questions besides i don't think it
> > should matter whether i am George, Samule or anyone take me as a
> > Subscriber thats it. I am a Newbie to linux but i have got 12 + years of
> > Experience on Windows, i started my career at the age of 16. I have
> > recently shifted to Linux, and i have seen various mailing lists for
> > linux and i found enigma is the most helping and quicker mailing list
> > than Others. Sorry to say but anyone not Interested in answering my
> > questions are always welcome for their Ignorance.
> >
> > Rest pls stop all this and lets continue to help each others.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tina.
>
> First of all, you've been on the list for a while. I think the html and
> unwrapped lines are unnecessary, okay?
>
> There are always going to be some clods who post BS answers. This was one
> of them. I thought he was responding to someone with a name line
> "hong-wei" or something until I read some of the replies. In any event,
> the guy proved he can be a jerk. Let it ride and carry on.
>
> You posted a windoh$ question recently. In my mind, that was out of line.
>
> The other questions you posted all seemed to be valid IMHO. Ask till ya
> puke, those are good for all of us. That's how we stay sharp on the
> day-to-day stuff.
>
> The type of discussion you see regarding this issue is normal for *nux
> lists, for some reason. I think it might be associated with the fact that
> there are Uber-geeks mixed in with wanna-be's who have too much time on
> their hands.
>
> Go to ESR.org and look for a little diatribe on posting good questions to
> a mailing list. ESR (Eric Raymond) is regarded by many as the consumate
> spokesperson for linux related matters. Read some of his stuff (The
> Cathedral and the Bazar is a well-known and often referred to piece of
> open source philosophy) and follow it as it applies to you. And if you
> want to make some brownie points with some of the others on the lists (it
> doesn't hurt) quote ESR...
>
> Cheers,
> Keith
>
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