On 9/21/2012 4:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should >> be self reliant. Only when they search and can't find an answer should >> they ask on a mailing list. Especially in this case, when the answer is >> so damn easy to find, literally clicking one link on the Debian home >> page and reading the subsequent page. > > I wholly disagree. First, when someone lowers himself to ask a question in a > public forum, it is usually because she has been unable to find the answer
That's how it's supposed to work, but rarely does. Most people these days go straight for the mailing list hoping to save themselves the time/effort of doing research. This is what the OP did in this case, which shoots your argument down entirely. WRT my attitude driving people away from FLOSS, apparently you've never heard of a guy named Linus' Torvalds and his behavior. I'm absolutely tame compared to Linus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36yNWw_07g People are flocking to FLOSS in record numbers due to Android devices. So your second argument, that people like me drive people away from FLOSS just went down in flames. There will likely be dozens more replies to this thread with the Lilliputians gang tackling me for being a "bully". I guess forcefully presenting facts is now classified as "bullying" in 2012. I'd also predict Godwin's law will govern this thread in the not too distant future, as little people who lose arguments tend to throw the "N" word at the "bully" who simply proved them wrong. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/505ce212.3030...@hardwarefreak.com
