Hiya, I would agree that responses to people starting up in linux sometimes have a "oh grow up and find it yourself" tone but I would interpret T.B. s response as more "why not link the articles, rather than host a version locally which then runs the risk of being outdated" - is that right ?
-kg On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Rohit Vishal Kumar wrote: > Dear All: > > Different ideas different pull's and pushes. It was quite ironic to > watch two different responses to the SRG mail sent by me. One was a > typical Linux / Unix response - "You got the car and now drive it, dont > bother me" approach and the second was the complete eagerness -"Good > Idea, When do i get the goodies" approach. Personally I feel, Linux / > Unix users need to introspect whether the former approach is encouraging > for a newbie who is looking for guidance and support for coming into linux. > > Anyways my reviews along with the links of some books would reach the > webmaster within a few days. So please be patient. Some of the books are > quite huge (more than 4-5MB or even over 600 pages) and as such reading > them from end to end and evaluating them takes time. I hope new users > would grant me some patience. > > Rohit > > > Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > <SNIPPED> > > A great idea. please implement this. > > best wishes. > > Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > <QUOTED AND SNIPPED> > > > > dear mr.kumar, > > thanks for your generous suggestion. but both these are already > > available online. > > > - t. > > > > > -- > ************************************ > ** My personal Homepages ** > ** http://neeraja-rohit.cjb.net ** > ************************************ > ** Visit Us.. Surprise Us ... ** > ************************************ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
