Hi,
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Saswata Banerjee
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> And for your information, they have a very active community, both for
> users and for developers, that has members who are very much willing to
> help out newbies. And in most cases the community comes up with
> solutions. They have large bank of reusable codes that are available for
> developers to use, including a 12GB knowledgebase from which you can
> find who else had the same problem and what is the solution. If the
> community is unable to help and the matter is complex, microsoft inhouse
> developer and trainers step in and help out.
>
We are actually comparing two stuff that are of entirely
different philosophies. In the world of FOSS, we have IRCs and mailing
lists which will help you with any technical stuff. It is not
controlled by one company that owns everything. With respect to the
large bank of reusable code, is that larger the the code that is
contributed to the whole world by the FOSS community ? I don't think
so.
> All this is from personal experiance.
> Believe me, newbies in Microsoft environment get a lot of help.
>
I have personally learn lots of stuff from these mailing
lists and IRCs. It is a misconception that all newbie questions are
neglected. There are lots of people here in these mailing lists who
take time to answer newbie questions as well.
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