Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Cary Pembleton wrote: > >>Roberto, >>It appeared to me as though I was seeing nearly one hundred replies to posts >>which were "tagged" with dates and times after mine. Yes I know this is a >>community supported distribution and forum. Obviously "no one on this forum >>is paid to support me" That statement came from pure anger "flaming' with >>absolutely "zero" intelligence attached. Obviously you omitted to "read" >>your own previous statement about "community supported". As to "Quick >>Turnaround" I have had several posts regarding this sent to this forum for >>more than 2 weeks, I do not consider a reasonable response from someone in >>that time frame to be "expecting a fast turn around". Now "THAT" being >>said, if this is the kind of "abuse" I can expect from this forum, I "may" >>do well to look elsewhere, but contrary to "your" feelings, I do not believe >>everyone here will respond as you have in such an "inappropriate anger >>filled reactionary" way. Now, I will say thank you for some of your >>suggestions and I will "attempt" to follow through with them. I come from a >>Red Hat Linux background, so Debian, seems to be as close a match to this >>that I can find. I "will" apologize for offending anyone here and attempt to >>refrain from any posts which might be considered angry. >> > > > You misunderstand my tone. It is not uncommon on this list to find
That came out wrong. I meant to say that it is uncommon. People generally understand that this list is generally considered "free as in I will graciously accept what hepl people provide, even if it is nothing." > people who downright expect that every person on this list should jump > to respond to a query or question or that this list should provide the > same level of service as a Gold support contract from Sun. Also, please > be aware that there are many times where requests go unanswered for a > multitude of reasons, including: a) no one knows about the topic at > hand; b) someone does know but does not have time/is not reading list > mails/whatever; c) the individual appears to be "mooching." I think > your situation was a combination of items 'a' and 'b'. I don't think > 'c' applies since you are new to the list and new users are generally > not perceived as taking unfair advantage of people on the list except > under extreme circumstances. > > My intent was not to flame to or be angry, but to simply remind/inform > you that: > > 1) if you need guaranteed results, you should hire someone > 2) using an abusive/combative tone will not likely gain you any friends > (the old you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar) > > My apologies if I came off as angry, it has been a long few weeks for me. > -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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