> It appears to me that opensolaris-discuss is becoming > more and more > dominated with Solaris installation questions, and > the OpenSolaris > content is becoming lost in the noise. Whilst it is > very nice that > people are being so helpful, it would seem to me that > we should either > be directing people elsewhere (e.g. BigAdmin) or set > up a new list > (opensolaris-newbies?) for installation and > getting-started questions. > > What do people think?
I think that you have a point and that you're right. I also think that the nature of "opensolaris-discuss" is generic in nature and as such people will always wonder in as one of their first stops on their Solaris journey. Finally, I think that inspite of the annoying and thankless nature of the "helpdesk situation" we as a community get two very, very important breaks: - here is our chance to show that we're a friendly community! Indeed, we should lead the way and be the standard by which all others are compared in friendlyness; I believe that friendlyness to newcomers which are genuinely interested and willing to learn Solaris is one of the great indicators of how we, as a community, are doing in terms of vitality - here is also our chance to amend the confusion and FUD brought over from the Linux camp; a chance to show people who things are done in a CLEAN, SCALABLE way and to teach them System V; I firmly believe it's a chance we should not let pass us by - finally, those who know and therefore have should benefit those who don't; share some of your knowledge and help make the world a better place, a more educated and cultured place. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
