It is a clear and distinct message to me when other distro users
show up on this mailing list for help... A very hopeful message
for the future of amicability.
By george, I'll help them with no distinction. Of course my
advice may not be as well researched, because I haven't seen the
other distros in a while and I don't know immediately where to
look for the tech support doc, but then they should know free
advice is well worth what they pay for it.
So why are those folks here?
1) Their distro has a "cathedral-style mailing list", with
_bona-fide_ "experts" instead of users struggling to help each
other out. We all have seen what happens to people who become
too impressed with themselves and their own knowledge.
2) The mailing lists for their distro are flame magnets.
3) Their own distro has NO mailing list
As long as they don't advocate their distros here, I don't think
I have a problem. If other distro users are showing up here and
they are well-received, they'll be with us soon enough. Now is
not the time to deviate from a winning strategy, or from being
our friendly selves. I really don't think helping out people in
need is raising the entropy of the universe, nor do I believe it
constitutes tortious conduct.
Best regards,
Civileme
