Reply inline. Long reply. :-)
>------------------------------------ It is agreeable that the original mail
> from A G was quite agressive. But let me remind all, that his "anger" might
> have been sparked by some previous replies to one of his mails regarding
> the distro he was using.
And if you read that thread, there were some members who did give sensible and
correct answers/information. Politeness works both ways.
>
> About the above reply today: If everyone could try & get things to
> work, there was no need for LUGs all over the world. People come to
> this mailing list becuse they need help with things that they are new
> (or renew :-) )to. There is absolutely no reason why someone should
> spark off a battle of words just because someone is less adept at some
> things than them. Please avoid these mistakes, which create
> unnecessary hard feelings in a community such as this.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------------------------
I did answer his question, didn't I? The point I was trying to make was simply
that there is nothing wrong to ask people to do a bit of homework. I don't
expect him ( or anybody ) to learn how kppp works. I do expect, however, that
he at least tell us what he's done so that I ( or anybody else ) can help him
further if required. I really don't need to read stuff like
<quote>
Dont try to act too smart and suggest like reading the (incomplete)
documentation or taking help of some 'guru'.
</quote>
I have neither the time nor the inclination to do it, and I guess neither does
anyone else. As I said above, politeness works both ways.
I am also not out to start a battle of words.
I believe that the use of LUGs the world over is, apart from promoting FLOSS,
also to make the users learn a bit. And that you cannot do unless you read
the manual.
Kaustubh
P.S : This will be my last post to this thread. I'm out.
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