I like this idea. Many times I can't read with attention all the mail, so 
in that case I could need to cut away things I can't follow.
bye. Paolo Brusasco

john rigby wrote:

> Hi Damian,
> A reasonable comment:
> BUT if the people do not speak up - out of fear of reprisal - how is change
> ever going to happen?
> The Newbie list *IS* the only place to have reasonable discourse on the
> product.
> It is NOT supposed to be a Geekfest.
> 
> Maybe a good solution would be to have an internal code on Replies:
> GEEK
> USER
> COMMUNITY  ( for community discussion)
> 
> Then fanatics could avoid any challenge to their tiny world, Geeks could
> talk unintelligbly away from the rest of us real Newbies :-) , Users could
> get simple help on getting it to go usably and those good souls who like to
> help, as distinct from those here to display their
> arrogance/cleverness/oneupmanship, could dip into the anguish of the User
> area and help real beginners who have never cooked anything except lunch.
> 
> It could work you know, with a bit of  support.
> 
> The Geeks have no idea how off-putting and terrifying the complex matters
> typical on this list are! Users cannot even understand the questions, much
> less the answers and for many it is the very first exposure outside the
> MS/Apple GUI world.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Damian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 4:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Support?
> 
> 
> El s�b, 23-03-2002 a las 10:02, john rigby escribi�:
> 
>>Hello Sal,
>>
>>WOOPS!!
>>NOW you'll get it!
>>Rule #1 on this list has become :
>>THOUGH SHALT NOT SPAKE A SINGLE WORLD OF CRITICISM AGAINST THE ONE TRUE
>>THING
>>
> --note: what i'm going to say here may apply to you or not, i'm
> just going to say what i think about some very recent 'angry' posts
> made by several ppl.
> 
> 
> well.. this is a newbie list, it's supposed to be a place where
> you ask questions, get answers, read questions, and give answers.
> 
> criticism is out of order here, if you don't like something about
> Limux-Mandrake, we do not need to hear it, and it's probably not really
> up to us to change it. if you want to tell someone how bad you feel
> about this distro, it's not the users you have to bitch at.
> you could send a letter to mandrakesoft or whatever. you
> won't get flamed by them.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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