On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:48, Alastair Scott wrote:
> >�On Sat, 18 May 2002 19:01, you wrote:
> >�> Now I'm back and things are better (although not perfect), but I
> >�> wonder how many people vowed _never_ to go back after that sort of
> >�> treatment?
> >
> >�Yeah, thats pretty much why I'm happy to install and use just about
> >�any form of Linux except Debian...the treatment on the mailing list
> >�made it never worth the effort
>
> I actually advise new Linux users _not_ to use Usenet to post (searching
> groups.google.com is mandatory, though). A disproportionate quantity of
> 'arrogant and supercilious' people seem to frequent Usenet; I'm
> surprised you were attacked on a mailing list as, in my experience,
> they're much less problematic.
>
> Alastair

I agree about usenet...Mailing lists have a habit of going through cycles (or 
at least some do). Redhats list a few years ago was so full of flames you 
couldn't actually find anything, Mandrake expert has been consistantly well 
mannerred though :)
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