Terrence Gleed wrote: > Mr. Joseph Ottinger and those of a like mind are under the impression that > the JSP-INTEREST network solely exists in order for them to arrogantly > demonstate there expertise in the subject matter. > On the contrary, Mr. Ottinger is trying to remind people that this list is designed for people interested in questions about JSP pages and related technologies. That covers a lot of ground, but it specifically does *not* cover SQL syntax, string parsing, date formatting, JavaScript,.and a host of other questions that are asked on this list every single day. > > They remind me of the car driver who with the same arrogance, irrates all > within hearing distance by honking his horn when he comes upon a learner who > has made an error or is over cautious when undertaking a manoeuvre; this > because the learner has not mastered the skill of driving as yet; this > because the learner knows the ideal but lacks a little confidence to > procede. > > Mr. Joseph Ottinger and his coronies should remember that - as with the car > driver - they also began on novice row. > I don't agree with all of Mr. Ottinger's communications approaches, but I do agree with his basic point -- there are questions that do not belong on this list. > > To finish, it strikes me that the JSP-INTEREST was set up - to a large > extent - to consider all questions, however silly or basic they may be > deemed by some members. The rationale being one that such a free flow of > exchanges will aid the broadening of knowledge of JSP. > Your statement in the first sentence of this paragraph is not accurate. Questions of any nature (very simple to very complex) about JSP and related technologies are welcome. Questions about anything else (very simple to very complex) should be directed elsewhere. The volume of off-topic questions is a *direct* cause for me personally not spending very much time on this mailing list any longer. If you peruse the list archives, and count the number of questions I've answered in the last several years, you will quickly and correctly conclude that this is not good for the community here. But the volume of off topic questions makes the effort of finding on topic questions to answer far too time-consuming to engage in regularly. And, what is even sadder, off topic posters get *offended* when they get called on their behavior .... oh, well. Craig McClanahan PS: Among the questions that are off topic for this list are quesions about how to configure Tomcat, or any other particular servlet container. Those questions should be directed to the user-oriented mailing lists associated with those containers. For Tomcat in particular, that is the list [EMAIL PROTECTED] (to subscribe, send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
