On 21/08/13 22:02, Gareth France wrote: > On 21/08/13 21:59, Dave Walker wrote: >> Gareth, I'm sorry to hear you've had a bad experience. I haven't >> looked back at the thread, but please be assured that isn't the spirit >> of this mailing list. Please do stay around :) >> >> On 21 August 2013 21:16, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul White wrote: >> <SNIP> >>> Very true. much in the same way as bossy boots who could never be >>> managers >>> in real life always find their way to the top in charity committees and >>> proceed to make everyone's life a misery just because they can. >> Why else would someone choose to be a manager, without these perks? >> > It's not just here. I have seen this in other online forums. It seems > that when you require the help the most is when certain individuals > have the least patience. I shall continue to lurk but I'm afraid that > my enthusiasm for engaging in conversation is not what it once was. > I second this, I have come across the get lost and use google brigade even when asking for advice based on peoples personal experiences, with something. its really off putting,. I have however found this forum friendly and helpful so in this context it is OTHER forums where I have had problems. but end of the day it's still the GNU/Linux community that looks bad.
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