Gerald Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm starting to get the feeling that many in this group are approaching
> "when will 1.2 be out" messages with a very disheartening attitude that
> will surely turn potential users off.
Well let's see. Presumably to find out about the mailing list, they
will have visited www.blackdown.org. At that website, there is a
*prominent* link to the JDK 1.2 status. I don't see why there is a
big right for them to bother the list with information that they could
have easily looked up themselves (which is also contained in the list
archives). Common netiquette has it that you RTFM first, then check
the archives (or dejanews or whatever), and then finally ask on the
list if you have a question. It saves everybody's time, including the
person looking for an answer.
If people are not willing to go to the effort of clicking a few links,
I don't think that anybody here has any obligation to go to the effort
of answering.
Having said that, I do agree that some rather vitriolic messages may
cross a line, but look at it this way: if they can't figure out where
to find the news page, are they really going to be able to download
and install the thing when it's out?
A better solution would be to have public betas. Then people could
give it a try, see for themselves what the problems may be, and make
their own evaluation about whether or not the stability is good enough
for them. This approach has been extremely successful in the Linux
community.
> about the Linux version. Perhaps it's because they think it's the
> right-thing-to-do or perhaps it's their only option because they're already
> using Linux. There are potential users anxious for it and they'll praise
> those who make it happen.
And I'm glad about the interest in Linux!
But really, this has nothing to do with Linux. People that don't RTFM
or RTFWP (the fine web page) before posting FAQs will get this sort of
response most anywhere.
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