Re: List intolerance VS advocacy

["James A. Peltier" <james@site-fx.net>]

On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 03:14, Scott Sandeman-Allen (RSCorp) wrote:
> It is detrimental to everyone if we discourage people from asking questions and
> when we offend users of any experience level.

When I started using OpenBSD about 3 years ago, I was flamed severely
for asking questions that, granted,  were already in the OpenBSD faq or
in the archives.  It's not that I didn't know what I was doing as I had
run FreeBSD 5 years prior to OpenBSD, but that I was unfamiliar with
some aspects of the OpenBSD environment.  At first I was pissed off and
decided to go back to FreeBSD, but then remembered that is was _MY_
fault that I didn't research enough before posting as _many_ resources
tell you to do before posting to _any_ OpenBSD list.

After 3 years of working with OpenBSD I have come to respect the fact
that I may be ignored flamed or otherwise dismanteled by the list for
not properly researching first.  I have learn more about OpenBSD than
any other UNIX or UNIX-like OS to-date.  New users need to learn how to
discover things for themselves.  Handing them commands (like I often
request) simply doesn't work.

Don't change a thing.  It's worked for me. ;)

- James