Jon Trulson wrote: >> There is one as Keith pointed out, it is called opensolaris-help. >> However until we start directing people there, they won't start using it. > > I wonder... How many experts sit around trolling *-help lists looking > for an opportunity to help a newbie in need? > > Not too many in my experience. If you can't help, just don't > answer. The subject line usually provides a clue for me as to > whether a given thread will be 'interesting' or not. > > The vast majority of messages in the two dozen or so mailing lists > I'm subscribed to (including LKML) do not interest me, though there > is that occasion gem. However, I do not bother posting messages to > any them explaining how uninteresting I find a given problem/subject > to be. Posting help messages in non-help groups hardly seems to be > a phenomenon unique to the solaris lists.
Great, so this is an area where we can do *better* than other communities. -- Alan Burlison -- _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
