Paul, I'm about to head out to work, so I can't really reply line-by-line. I will, however, offer my hand to you briefly.
I agree--this place is not always the kindest, nor the easiest. We expect a certain amount from someone asking about PHP, since most "newbies" wouldn't know about it at all. Non-"newbies" *are* expected to at least uphold the general practices of the community. It would take a really long, convincing argument to change them. Oh, you just sent us one of those. :) First, Linux is not a business. It is a community project, and it *works* that way. Canonical, RH, Novell, and the like are businesses, but this mailing list is a bunch of loosely-organized volunteers. Second, I think most GNU/Linux advocates/volunteers/users have adopted the general ideals you suggest for us (avoiding RTFM, being nice, etc.), but we largely choose to ignore them when we perceive someone to be one of our own, since we expect them to understand how things work in the community. The things that absolutely tie us together are the free software ideals and our love for GNU/Linux. Like I said, I can't do a line-by-line reply. But thank you for calling us on our mistakes. I'm thinking it might just be time for a few discussions on rules around here! Can an admin start a new thread on the subject and/or propose some changes that might help Paul? Thanks again, Paul. Cheers, all! -- Mark Holmquist Student, Computer Science University of Redlands marktrac...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
