On 2004-05-03 22:53:05 +0100 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

MJ Ray wrote:
because of its dumb developers who won't answer simple questions about
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Hey, can you do anything else but insult people?

I'm not sure what you mean. I've reread the email and I'm surprised that you think there are "at least 3 insults" in it. I count one and that was an intentional illustration of the unnecessarily insulting language it was replying to.

  Dumb \Dumb\, a. [...]

     2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not
        accompanied by words;

It seems an apt description of how some XFree86 developers reacted to questions. They went dumb. Other XFree86 developers were helpful, but they are not the reason I plan to stop using it, so I do not blame them.

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