I will do the "RTFM" response. But, in my defense, I will usually try to include a URL to the proper FM to R. At times, I will even try to quote a paragraph or two. Now, my usual response to a question which, to me, implies an abysmal lack of knowledge (Something on the order of "I'm trying to install z/OS and need to know what JOB card used for."), my usual response is ... silence.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:55 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < [email protected]> wrote: > In > <985166dbd01445be809d22441b29b...@db3pr02mb219.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>, > on 04/23/2014 > at 08:47 AM, "Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh" > <[email protected]> said: > > >and most of the experts just say - "R.T.F.M" > > If it's not important enough to you to justify consulting the manuals, > then it's not important to anybody else. You might get a different > response if you wrote what you found in the manuals, what was missing > and what you didn't understand, or if you asked "where is foo > documented?". > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
