OK, well said ppl. We (mandrake experts) don't want changes!. Got it. How about encouraging people to post final summaries then? At least we will know what solved their problems. In many cases, i read "arguments" but at the end never knows what resolved the issue.
For example, as far as this thread goes, the initiator (me) is satisfied with the # of answers, thus I am posting the summary, with the inputs I received, which is, a SUMMARY of what all others said. NOT an entry of all what was SAID. _Thanks All for reading...... Richard. --- Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ** Tru64 User (Dienstag, 17. Juni 2003 15:43) > > > For a Gossip corner, we are OK....but for true > > learning and solving of problems, we need > solutions! > > You just named one of the reasons I'm reading this > list and why I'd like > to have it like it is: Learning! > > My background in Linux is only a couple of years, > starting with some > distros (DLD, Slackware, Caldera, SuSE, Red Hat) and > finally settled on > Mandrake (5.3). Since this list was brought to life > I am reading it and > I have lots of messages stored away for further > reading or applying the > contents. > > While it may be nice to ask a question and receive > an answer with the > solution it's also interesting to read the > in-betweens. > > A to list: "I have this question Q." > > B to A: Answer 1 > C to A: Answer 2 > D to A: Answer 3 > > A to D: "Answer 3 is good but B wrote "quote" > D to B: "Yes, but B is wrong" > > A to B: "D said you're wrong" > B to A: " No, I'm not! > > A to C: "I did what you advised but my foo did not > compile" > C to A: "Why not?" > A to C: "I got this error." > > A to B: "C advised to do xxxx and I did it but my > foo did not compile > and I have this error" > B to A: "It could be this and that." > > A to C: "B said it could be this and that." > C to A: "Oh! Then it must be the harddrive. Do a > blahblah and re-login." > > A to list: "Referring question Q. The solution is: > Do a blahblah and > re-login." > > Is that what you have in mind? > > If the whole thing had been gone public it would > have been faster, > easier for A and a learning experience for some of > the lurkers who > learned that foo would not compile in this condition > and xxxx was not a > solution as well as Answer 3 wasn't either. > > > > While there might be 10 replies to one posting, > only > > one might be really relevant, the rest personal > > emotions and such. Wouldn't you rather see a > summary > > that only includes the one entry that correctly > > resolved the problem? I would. So instead of > reading > > 25 back-and-forth entries to find one solution, i > > would rather have one post --then--its solution. > > OK, then go for an expert system, not a mailing > list. A mailinglist - as > far as I know them by some years - is mostly a forum > for people > interested in a topic or software or any issue. They > don't want to post > a question and get the solution and nothing else. > They want to learn, > give their opinions and even gather some self-esteem > by answering other > people's questions as soon as they have learned > enough. > > The magic word is: Discussion. > > My $200,000.00 > > Life must be hard for people who regard their > opinion not worthier than > $0.02. > > wobo > -- > Public GnuPG key available at > http://www.wolf-b.de/misc > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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