On Saturday 07 January 2006 08:53, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
Wont the community at large benefit from the benefit of its members? I mean wont FOSS benefit from my benefit or yours?
i ask a question on 4 lists. list a gives me one part of the answer, list b gives me another part. I am happy. on list c a guy does a lot of research and gives me a better solution. I am happier. I integrate all the input and benefit from it. But lists a, b and c all have incomplete answers - so no one benefits except me. Unless i post the final solution on all lists. How does the community grow? This also applies to ppl who post a problem, get the solution from the list, but never report the results. I personally would never reply to a cross post - because i feel that it is a selfish post and antisocial
Well then its settled. From what I gathered, cross posting isn't bad if the person posts the final solution back into all the mailing lists he has approached. We all have views. This is my view.
Regards,