>On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 06:12 -0700, Frank Tanner III wrote: >> It's a well known "fact" amongst the general public that the Linux >> "evangelists" are a rude flaming bunch. There are hundreds of news >> articles stating such. An THIS is what the public in general bases >> their attitudes with regards to the community as a whole on. > >You have to keep in mind that support from lists like this one are >voluntary in nature. So, it only seems decent to try to get the >etiquette of the list, and (although it does not apply here) research a >problem before posting questions to the list. > Etiquette? What etiquette? The FIRST comment out of anyone's "mouth" was "piss off". Where's the etequitte in that? >IMHO calling Linux community members a "rude flaming bunch" is highly >inappropriate. The community built a free operating system, and provides >free support. If people need hand holding or extensive support they can >get a support contract from a prominent North-American Linux vendor, or >one of the other venues that provides Linux support. > Well then prove me wrong? Because that's all I've gotten at every turn was nothing but flames. I tried to be helpful and offer something to the community that I, obviously mistakenly, though muight be useful and got a hearty "f*ck you" for my efforts. Where's the "community spirit" in that? >-- Daniel > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos