On Monday 07 February 2005 08:16 am, Anthony Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Gerard writes: > > DG> That would sorta suck. I know I write my questions and answers > with DG> a view to them being searchable on the web maybe months or > years DG> later, as I know how very grateful I am to those whose > archived DG> words have helped me before. > > Having to search an archive of e-mail messages as a substitute for > real support sucks to begin with. I've almost never found anything > useful when searching the archives, and even when I have, it takes > longer to find it in the archives than it does to just ask the > question again.
If you want "real" support, that costs money, and it doesn't matter if you're talking about BSD, Linux, Windows, Solaris, etc. > DG> So it helps the copyright situation, but breaks the usefulness of > DG> any archive. > > The copyright situation is an unavoidable legal mandate, not an > option. You cannot defend against an infringement action by saying > that respecting copyright would have been inconvenient for you. Again, what are the damages? - jt _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
