Wagoner, Mark wrote: > Uh, who's being rude? Aren't you also the one who made the comment that > another poster's code "makes my eyes hurt"?
Yes, I am. And yes, that code did hurt the eyes, because it proved that the poster had done no effort whatsoever to read some documentation before starting to code. > It appears this list is little more than an effort to promote the book. The mailing list archives prove you wrong. > Most replies seem to fall into one of 3 categories: > > 1. Buy the book That's the least you can do if you want to use iText. > 2. You are stupid Every developer should know some math. In my country it's impossible to graduate in Computer Sciences if you didn't study any algebra. > 3. Don't bother me with your stupid questions Yes, you are absolutely right. There is too much noise on this list caused by people who ask questions that have been answered over and over again. Do you know how these people could be educated? Because referring people to "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" doesn't help: http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html Nor does being rude apparently. > You are not obligated to respond if you do not want to "give away free > consultancy". This isn't much of a concern on other open source mailing > lists such as Netbean and Tomcat. The general consensus there is to > help, not berate. Er... there are paid consultants answering questions on NetBeans (SUN) and Tomcat (Apache). 1T3XT doesn't have the money to pay consultants to answer questions for free. That's why people should consult the documentation first. -- This answer is provided by 1T3XT BVBA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
