Andrew Kohlsmith wrote:
On March 5, 2005 02:46 pm, Paul wrote:
Maybe one of the free web-based forum packages will eventually offer an
"elitist" or "impatient" mode. Before you can post, you do the required
reading and pass online exams. The idea is to weed out people who think
README is just another geek buzzword. You have to know what a FAQ is and
you have to know what RTFM means.
That wouldn't help. If you're unwilling to learn, then this list isn't for you. Plain and simple. OSS grows when people learn.
I was merely attempting to be sarcastically humorous.
FWIW - some of us have paying customers and helping them takes absolute over helping newbies who won't try to help themselves first. Some of them actually are capable of reading and studying the information already out there, but they are also selfish and lazy.
Most of those people who tend to scold every newbie are probably
"elitist pretenders". If they were truly elite, they would be too busy
to read and reply to such posts. Of course some of us are just
impatient, regardless of our skill level.
Believe what you want, and I'l continue using my Asterisk servers and providing service to my customers. As I mentioned to another poster, feel free to manipulate your MUA's filters to adjust reality to your liking.
FWIW, I think only the truly elite possess the time to help out others, since the "elitist pretenders" are too busy fiddling with their systems and trying to get them to work properly to be able to help. :-)
A good illustration of this attitude happened last week: I had 3 paid "technicicians" who didn't have enough common sense to pick up a phone and listen for modem tone when a customer had problems with a dedicated dialup. The customer had neglected to pay the long distance carrier. Do you think the majority of us want to babysit people like this for free?
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