On Wed, 2005-12-28 at 22:50 -0600, Charles Howse wrote: > >> I don't mean to step on any toes, just want to start some discussion. > >> Does anyone else have any thoughts on why questions don't get the respectful > >> treatment they deserve? > > ---- > > 1 - this is a voluntary list and thus responders offer their time > > without compensation. No answers are to be expected at all. > > Then what is the purpose of the list? The title of the subscribe page says, > "For users of Fedora Core releases." It doesn't say not to expect any > answers. ---- that's the purpose - but there is absolutely no reason to expect answers since the answers can only come from volunteers on their own time. If you want a supported Linux where you can expect to get answers to your questions, RHEL is for you. ---- > > > > 2 - if you can concisely describe the problem, you are more likely to > > get an answer. You are verbose which will always diminish the likelihood > > of an answer. > > I can't think of a concise way to reply to that. ;-) > Perhaps I am too wordy...but...isn't it better to list everything I've tried > that didn't work, rather than just say, "Why isn't <this> working?" ---- A post that has too much information will likely get passed over - that's a fact. If you want an answer to your question, state your question as succinctly as possible. If you want sympathy for your confusion, post in volume. Craig
