On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:05:21 +0000, Dave O Connor
<doc+ilug at redbrick.dcu.ie> wrote:
> Another chance at what? He made a simple mistake, and the usual suspects
> jumped down his throat as if he had actually maliciously done something
> terrible. In a world containing sense, it'd be them we'd be 'giving another
> chance', for being elitist knobends.
When? What letters on this issue constitute jumping down someone's throat?
There are some comments to the effect that the userland should have
been specified, some offerring a solution, and some offerring an
incorrect solution based on the incorrect assumption that the userland
was Linux.
Those in the last category probably spent some time coming to a
solution, then entered it into the list. That all this work was wasted
would naturally provoke a reaction of sorts.
I don't want to provoke a navel-gaze, but there is more than just a Be
Nice to Noobs issue at stake. If such voluntary community based
support is 'abused', then the community dies.
2c
Daniel
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