On 2004-01-08, Brad Stockdale penned: > >>That is called "trolling." Please don't. > > But it more appropriately should have been called a "badly worded > question from a previous staunch supporter of Red Hat before they > became what they are today". > > Trolling, AFAIK is a comment used specifically to instigate an > altercation of some type. That was not my intention at all, and > apologize if it was taken in such a way. > > Sorry, Brad >
By way of possible explanation ... We've had a long series of "Why can't Debian do what RedHat/Mandrake do?" questions recently. In some cases, the question is fair: something that Debian doesn't do that would seemingly be consistent with Debian's goals and would make the user experience better. In many-to-most cases, however, Debian *can* do what they're asking. It may not do so by default, often for security reasons. So, while you probably didn't intend it as such, any question phrased as "RH does this; why doesn't Debian?" or similar tends to inflame a sore nerve. I think that most of us would much rather see a question phrased as, "I would like to do X. How can I do so using Debian [stable|testing|unstable]?" than, "RedHat did X for me. Why can't Debian?" -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
