Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: > I'd like to see one list, for similar reasons. I run Solaris but I can > see that a lot of folks here run Linux, and if they were on a separate > list probably all their general Q&A's would end up on that list, and > I'd end up reading it anyway. And if most of the users migrated over > there, it would be harder to ask questions on the Solaris list. It's > often hard to tell whether something is an OS-specific question > anyway.
Personally, I totally agree :) With regards to Dennis's reply, (relevant section below): > There isn't time to wade through all the jabber about OS specific topics > for which I am not the solution nor an interested party. It is a simple > matter of efficiency and goes to effectivity as well. No offense intended, but the above is a very blinkered opinion. What you think is relevant, or irrelevant for that matter, is your opinion, and different for each person. I run BSD, and have no interest in Linux specific problems, but that does not mean that there is no information to be gleaned from reading a post which has a problem affecting a Linux system. A problem tends to be a problem, irrelevant of OS type, in a majority of cases, and to 'split' anything, list wise, would be nothing short of a crime, with regards to knowledge building. You do not have to wade through anything. The first post on a subject gives you an indication of the topic. If it is a subject of no interest, I am sure you have a keyboard with a delete key like the rest of us for the replies to that thread. Efficiency and effectiveness obviously have vastly different meanings in my book to yours. Matt _______________________________________________ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
