MrKiwi wrote:
Thanks Mr Kiwi.
centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:13:00 +0900
John Summerfield <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The means that you need to learn to use google to find how to do
things. Google is faster than any mailing list, and will usually
turn up better answers.
Let me translate your answer:
This mailing list is useless and should not be used.
Where does it say on the announcement email when I joined, that
this mailing list should not be used to ask question, and we
should drop it in favour of Google?
Woah there centos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...
I cant quite work out if you are the same person as the original poster,
but that point is not relevant; your tone is.
He's not.
You can use that tone when you're talking/emailing a paid rep/helpdesk
but not here. Do you really think that the community is going to leap
into action to help solve a problem after a snipe like that?
If you have an axe to grind, pay for some support from (eg) RHEL - they
will be happy to listen.
What John meant (imho) is that for questions like the original poster,
google is a more appropriate source of information. You wont find many
subscribers here who are willing to answer questions which clearly show
you/OP haven't bothered to do a 10 second search.
I have been helping people on many lists for many years - if you look up
my name at googlism.com you will find some statements about me that are
substantially true, but I expect people to make a decent effort to help
themselves first
I would rather check my distro for relevant documentation, then spend
half an hour with Google than wait the probably 24 or 48 hours to get a
reply on any list.
If those don't help, then when I go to the list I make it clear that I
have done some homework (or just rarely confess I don't know where to
start, googling for a product called "word" is fairly difficult). And I
try to provide good information for people to assess.
Mostly, when I answer, I try to tell people how to help themselves. I'd
rather teach you how to catch a fish than give you a fish: catching fish
is more fun.
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Cheers
John
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