Re: Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-09 Thread Nathan Meyers
Matt Welsh wrote: > I am also counting all of the responses. The following threads in the > last month or so I consider unrelated to Linux: Matt, I think you're giving short shrift to those who are moving to Linux from doing Java on other platforms - a prime audience for this list. A few of the

Re: Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-09 Thread David Brownell
f you don't want to assign the IP to Sun. - Dave - Original Message - From: Matt Welsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 6:15 PM Subject: Re: Request: No more gener

Re: Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-09 Thread Rousseau, John
Many of the people on this list subscribe to many lists in order to keep on top of changes in important areas of the industry. The noise is cumulative between lists. I would gladly accept no traffic on this list for weeks at a time to cut down on the noise. This is a list designed to disseminat

Re: Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-09 Thread Jacob Nikom
Hi, For the last 3 days it was about 20 messages on the java-linux list. Two or three of them (including responses) were generic. It is not huge traffic, comparing with one couple of years ago. I would be more concern that we have not enough questions. If this is the case, the mailing list is

Re: Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-09 Thread Matt Welsh
I am also counting all of the responses. The following threads in the last month or so I consider unrelated to Linux: UnknownHostException (3 messages) follow-up Re: UnknownHostException (2 messages) Is it possible to start Java application ... (2 messages) Is there a solution? (1 message) Start

Request: No more generic Java questions

2000-12-08 Thread Matt Welsh
In recent weeks we have seen a large number of non-Linux related Java questions on this list. While I suppose there is little that can be done to prevent that, I'd like to propose that replies to those questions be sent directly to the person asking, rather than the whole list. There are a few