Disappointed
I have read and sometimes participated in these postings and answers in hopes of either finding answers to problems I am having or might have in the future and found it a well organized and contained group. I am disappointed though, in that I have posted a question in hopes of help with a problem I am experiencing and notta zilch zap. No response of any kind. So I posted it again and whappo, forget you. No answer. Is it common to have to post several times before getting a response? Is there a time delay because of the numerous amounts of threads? Is it something I did? I see a lot of really dumb things going through the postings and most of the time I try to remember that I once new nothing of Tomcat too, and that I still don't know very much and that no question is too dumb. Is my question too dumb? Have I been Black-Listed because I had a cruel response on one of those days that I just couldn't hold it back anymore? WASSUP??? Mike -- Mike Sabroff Web Services Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 920-568-8379 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
The Tomcat mailing list, like Tomcat itself, and like most open-source projects in general, are volunteer efforts. People will answer what they feel they can, when they can. You should start by having no expectation of getting an answer because you in fact may not, because no one knows the answer, because no one has the time to answer, or yes, because your question was silly (I don't know what your question was, so I cannot judge) or just because no one felt like answering. If people deem your question to be something you should be able to answer yourself without much trouble, you may not get an answer (or you may get a simple RTFM answer). As a volunteer endeavor, all of these are perfectly valid response, or non-responses, as the case may be. One thing to keep in mind is that the open-source community is sometimes not the friendliest place. Being nice is not valued as much as technical prowess is. Between you and me, it personally took me a good deal of time to come to this understanding too. I value people being cordial and helpful with each other, and I personally strive to bring those qualities to any post I make (sometimes I succeed and sometimes I don't!) but that is not a primary driver of a mailing list like this, technical discussion is. I think the de facto standard to go by is codified here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Read this and you will understand the community-driven projects like Tomcat a lot better I think and be able to interact better with them with the proper expectations. Frank Mike Sabroff wrote: I have read and sometimes participated in these postings and answers in hopes of either finding answers to problems I am having or might have in the future and found it a well organized and contained group. I am disappointed though, in that I have posted a question in hopes of help with a problem I am experiencing and notta zilch zap. No response of any kind. So I posted it again and whappo, forget you. No answer. Is it common to have to post several times before getting a response? Is there a time delay because of the numerous amounts of threads? Is it something I did? I see a lot of really dumb things going through the postings and most of the time I try to remember that I once new nothing of Tomcat too, and that I still don't know very much and that no question is too dumb. Is my question too dumb? Have I been Black-Listed because I had a cruel response on one of those days that I just couldn't hold it back anymore? WASSUP??? Mike - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html :-) Leon On 3/9/06, Mike Sabroff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read and sometimes participated in these postings and answers in hopes of either finding answers to problems I am having or might have in the future and found it a well organized and contained group. I am disappointed though, in that I have posted a question in hopes of help with a problem I am experiencing and notta zilch zap. No response of any kind. So I posted it again and whappo, forget you. No answer. Is it common to have to post several times before getting a response? Is there a time delay because of the numerous amounts of threads? Is it something I did? I see a lot of really dumb things going through the postings and most of the time I try to remember that I once new nothing of Tomcat too, and that I still don't know very much and that no question is too dumb. Is my question too dumb? Have I been Black-Listed because I had a cruel response on one of those days that I just couldn't hold it back anymore? WASSUP??? Mike -- Mike Sabroff Web Services Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 920-568-8379 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
Sorry you feel that way. I read your email. Never seen anything like it in any of my installs and there isn't much info to base a diagnosis on. So I didn't reply. If you want help, write better questions and offer more info. --David Mike Sabroff wrote: I have read and sometimes participated in these postings and answers in hopes of either finding answers to problems I am having or might have in the future and found it a well organized and contained group. I am disappointed though, in that I have posted a question in hopes of help with a problem I am experiencing and notta zilch zap. No response of any kind. So I posted it again and whappo, forget you. No answer. Is it common to have to post several times before getting a response? Is there a time delay because of the numerous amounts of threads? Is it something I did? I see a lot of really dumb things going through the postings and most of the time I try to remember that I once new nothing of Tomcat too, and that I still don't know very much and that no question is too dumb. Is my question too dumb? Have I been Black-Listed because I had a cruel response on one of those days that I just couldn't hold it back anymore? WASSUP??? Mike - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
Hehe, thanks for boiling my response down to a single line Leon! :) LOL Frank Leon Rosenberg wrote: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html :-) Leon On 3/9/06, Mike Sabroff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read and sometimes participated in these postings and answers in hopes of either finding answers to problems I am having or might have in the future and found it a well organized and contained group. I am disappointed though, in that I have posted a question in hopes of help with a problem I am experiencing and notta zilch zap. No response of any kind. So I posted it again and whappo, forget you. No answer. Is it common to have to post several times before getting a response? Is there a time delay because of the numerous amounts of threads? Is it something I did? I see a lot of really dumb things going through the postings and most of the time I try to remember that I once new nothing of Tomcat too, and that I still don't know very much and that no question is too dumb. Is my question too dumb? Have I been Black-Listed because I had a cruel response on one of those days that I just couldn't hold it back anymore? WASSUP??? Mike -- Mike Sabroff Web Services Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 920-568-8379 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
On 3/9/06, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hehe, thanks for boiling my response down to a single line Leon! :) LOL You're welcome :-) saw the post, pasted the link, hit reply. If I'd had language skills so far developed as yours I would probably write the long explanation lines too. But my skills are far beyond yours, so I just throwed in the link :-) Frank Leon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Disappointed
Thanks for the responses to this post! And by the way, funny how I got answers to my original post after posting this...amaizing, and I am truly sincere in thanking you for the link. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html good stuff! Mike Leon Rosenberg wrote: On 3/9/06, Frank W. Zammetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hehe, thanks for boiling my response down to a single line Leon! :) LOL You're welcome :-) saw the post, pasted the link, hit reply. If I'd had language skills so far developed as yours I would probably write the long explanation lines too. But my skills are far beyond yours, so I just throwed in the link :-) Frank Leon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mike Sabroff Web Services Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 920-568-8379 - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
