On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:32:43 +0500, sherlock@vsnl.com sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 12:54, svaksh wrote:
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:21:26 +0500, sherlock@vsnl.com sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
not unless the person has made an attempt to resolve his problems thru readily available > means FIRST. GNU/Linux is all about self help. If you do not do that you are leaving the > door wide open to the problem you are trying to escape - dependence. rgds jtd
Excuse the OT question , but how can you presume / judge that no attempt was made ?
when you make an attempt u describe briefly the attempt and it's results. The default (gained from experience ad-nauseum) is to presume that no effort has been made. If u feel otherwise u are welcome to repeat the effort.
If the goal is to spread Linux among the masses in India, pushing them away with rude comments like "RTFM" is not helpful at all. It pushes them to square zero (read M$).
RTFM is a conerstone of independence how dare u say it's rude ;-) And if they are not frustrated enough to RTFM let them go back to windose. They are not doing anybody a favour by switching. The FOSS community is about independence and effort to understand and excell in computing. If people are happy behind the gates so be it. If somone feels differently go ahead and do the needful nobody's stopping u.
rgds jtd
Unfortunately, you continue to miss the point of both the articles... :( Any product (free or otherwise) is used by *all* (incl non-geeks) but if the FOSS community wishes to be the only consumer of its creation, then so be it. List members usually help others *freely* minus prejudice, thereby sharing knowledge. If one does not have either the time or patience for 'so-called' stupid questions by newbies, feel free to delete the msg or unsubscribe. They are not forcing anyone to help so it certainly does not justify rudeness. Silence helps, imho ;)