On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Godbey, David wrote:
> Formerly RE: OFF TOPIC: RE: Running servlets in tomcat. RE:Date! RE: all
> the rude people
>
> Why do we waste so much band width on this drivel? It infuriates
> me. If you have issue with something someone said, why can't you
> take it off line, one-on-one?
I don't know, why did you send this to the list?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milt Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 4:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: RE: Running servlets in tomcat. RE:Date! RE: all
> the rude people
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Yamijala, Kalyan wrote:
>
> > I absolutely agree with you guys!! Active and advanced users like
> > you will obviously feel frustrated. But most users don't care to
> > read the policies when they join the user groups. And more
> > importantly most users "do not realize" that the questions they put
> > through are not meant to be asked here.
>
> Sounds like you're saying that "most users" are lazy (and hence, by
> extension, selfish and inconsiderate). If that's the case, I don't
> really care what they think. (I don't necessarily think that's the
> case, but there are some that are.)
>
>
> > The point I was trying to make was that the "tone" of emails
> > discouraging users from sending mails doesn't sound good. Some
> > comments sound like admonishment rather than discouragement. And
> > these comments invite unnecessary mails like the one that came as a
> > reply to Srini's.
> >
> > Why am I concerned? I am new to the group and servlets, and however
> > careful I may be, I may stumble across questions that I do not
> > realize are off topic, basic or even "stupid". And I wouldn't feel
> > comfortable seeing replies that sound like "get the hell outta
> > here".
> [ ... ]
>
> I think you may be overly concerned -- I think what people are really
> asking is that you think about whether your question is appropriate (a
> little common sense and experience comes in handy there) and make some
> effort to seek out the answer first on your own. If you give some
> indication that you've done that, I don't think people will hassle you.
>
Milt Epstein
Research Programmer
Software/Systems Development Group
Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
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