On Friday 28 January 2005 16:44, Marc Haber wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 09:27:38AM -0600, Paul Gienger wrote: > > Looking back on your questions, it seems like the cause is most likely > > phrasing of your issue. It has been stated often that a well crafted > > question with all pertinent info will get better response than a hard to > > understand issue. I believe yours is the latter. Granted that I didn't > > read all your messages, but the first two were definately the latter. > > Even well-phrased questions with debugging output and dumps frequently > stay unanswered. I still cannot print with smbprint to our Domain > Server, and no help here. The bugzilla entry (1481) has gone > unanswered since June 2004 (that's seven months). > > Samba has gone the way of many successful projects: The principal > developers are busy with writing books and talking at conferences > while the mailing lists get flooded with clueless newbie requests. > Nobody knowledgeable finds the time to answer requests at all.
Not my experience one little bit! I recently hosted one of those principal developers in the UK for several weeks. Yes he *has* written books (damn good ones), and he *did* speak at conferences whilst over here - all paid for with his own money and for no fee. He even did a training course whilst over here for free, therefore contributing no revenue to set against the cost of the trip. Almost all of his *spare* time was spent working on Samba, and answering countless questions on this list. How do I know? - I watched it, he was my guest. Ever heard the phrase "don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes?". I hope you don't experience this as an attack. It's not meant to be. I just want you, and the members of this list, to hear another point of view. In my view the Samba team do an excellent job, with hardly any *positive* feedback. Ever check the proportion of 'requests for support' to 'Success Stories' on your average F/L/OSS mailing list? We should all remember that before complaining about 'lack of support'. Just my 0.02 Euros. Regards, Mark Taylor > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im > Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 > 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 > 72739835 -- Mark Taylor Chief Executive Officer Sirius - www.siriusit.co.uk Tel +44 (0)870 608 0063 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
