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On Friday 18 October 2002 10:44, Roy Souther wrote:
> People that have never used Linux have something to offer.
still, it's a good start ;-)
> not just about the people that write software for it, it is also about the
> people that use it. When people new to Linux have a problem with some thing
> that helps make Linux better because they post a question and the people
> that make Linux can see it and make it better.
here is an issue i often run into elsewhere in my Free software meanderings:
some users tend to forget that it is a two-way street.
yes, those who know answers have much to offer those who have questions.
yes, those who have questions are part of the community and should be valued
as well.
yes, useful conversation should be had and personal attacks, belittlings and
general tantrums shouldn't.
however, those seeking something from the community should remember:
o All answers are gifts. They are not owed. Unless you pay for them somehow.
o Unless you help the process by asking useful questions and supplying enough
detail, you won't get many useful answers back.
o Getting vocally annoyed when someone doesn't answer quick enough or with
the answer you want doesn't help anyone or aything.
o There are many different personalities and communications styles around: be
conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive.
o Putting in as much effort to the cause as the answers you seek take to
provide is the surest way to a rich experience.
In other words: expect little, offer what you can, don't offer what you can't,
be overjoyed when you get more back than you have put out.
> Their are no stupid questions.
there are, however, rude questions and stupid answers.
> I consider myself an expert and yet every day I learn something new about
> Linux.
tell me about it =) that is, of course, much of the alure for may of us....
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Aaron J. Seigo
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
- Albert Einstein
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