On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, you wrote:
> >I've been on this list long enough to watch the use level of users as well
> >as replies change in the last few months. It is to this issue I want to
> >comment.
> >
> >The reason this list is so very successful is simple: Respect. Most of the
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> >old Linux heads.like Civileme and Ramon and Chamouel have been at this for
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> >a number of years. They have real jobs and a real life. They have nothing
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> >to prove and do not need, or have, to respond to questions they've answered
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> >fifty times previously, yet they do and graciously every day since I've been
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> >on the list.
> >
> >You say you are frustrated: Answers don't come fast enough; bugs aren't
> >fixed instantly; Java causes Netscape to crash; the install doesn't go well
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> >and devices don't work. I wish I had your problems.
> >
> >I'm a newbie too and I am just as determined to escape winblows as anyone
> >else on this list, but my problem is just a little different. An illness
> >left me with a memory loss that is less than enviable. So while some of you
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> >are unhappy with the answers you get I'm delighted when I can remember what
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> >linuxconf does. When I am actually able to get into root and perform a
> >simple function I am so happy I want to tell the world.
> >
> >Respect is the reason I've gotten this far. The folks who have helped me
> >were just as considerate to me as they have been to you. They took the time
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> >to write careful explanations that I could grasp and put into action; and
> >for that I will always be greatful.
> >
> >I urge all of us to temper our frustrations with kindness to each other, for
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> >if we do not we will have just one more list that no one can learn from and
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> >the old heads will not come to our rescue. You may not need me but I need
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> >you. Linux is not easy to learn under optimum condtions without a strong
> >computing background. Let's be patient with our shortcomings and with each
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> >other.
> >
> >To those who disagree I ask you to flame me privately. Mandrake rocks and so
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> >does this list. I'm willing to work to keep it this way. Please join me.
> >
> >Pj
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> PJ,
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> Right On!!!!
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> You GO girl!!!
>
> John
> --
> http://www.provide.net
Bravo!!!!
Jim Pilrose
Just another linuxhead
