Bret wrote: >You go on to list a ranking of "how bad" this is, but don't say what/why you >would do instead.
This is quite common in this lists. Criticisms and no alternative ideas. >My own view has been that with Free Software, it's really on the user to >voluntarily do their own work, asking when necessary, or for social reasons - >but with an expectation that everyone else's time is valuable too, and that I >should join in and help. The accepted practice is 'my time is important as yours. Tell us what you've done and we'll tell you how to make it right." >So, rather than seeing this as a brush-off, I can see it as teaching a man to >fish - the skills he picks up help everyone. >From what I can understand the person's post indicates to me he knows what's he's about. So, RTFM retort is not a brush-off, I agree. >There may be times it's not appropriate to say 'RTFM' to some people, but in >this context I think he's writing to someone who knows his way around. >'RTFM' IS the right thing to do in many cases - even for a newbie (although >that may not always be the right way to say it). Reading gets the vocabulary >and starts getting appropriate questions. I'm not subscribed to this list but followed the post on the WEB and I believe the RTFM retort was appropriate in the context. PG -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
