Oliver, I totally agree with you. I had the same experience with the FreeBSD list. I mean, all day long it is "RTFM" and "please wrap text at 74 characters". To be honest it is totally off-putting and I unsubscribed. The unstated motto of these groups seems to be "I sat on a blunt object and now you must share my pain". In fact I no longer run FreeBSD, though the questionable ethos of the community is only part of the reason. Actually the suse-security list has a bit the same character. But this list is 99% great. Keep it up. Enjoy the summer, Corvin On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 11:53:04AM +0200, Oliver Ob wrote:
Curtis Rey schrieb:
Yes Mr. Cowherd, you bring up valid point. This is one of the reasons I have become so fond of the SuSE mailing list. On other list (e.g. the old Maximum Linux list, etc..) flaming and condensation of the other users was common place. The intimidation factor is also another valid point. My wife is
Gosh! What a looong mail which you sent in now. I agree, many lists get more and more UNFRIENDLY. Especially the german Suse-Linux Lists. They regulate everything and complain about things I would not even waste a thought on. Here, however, speech is free, the folks do not ... like... pray the netiquette all day long and the tone, which makes the music, is much more friendly here.
Here you do not start flaming or "PLONKING" (as the german lamers call it) only because of netiquette-things like full quoting.
Here, you just say: Curtis, a little shorter please :;-)))) (quoting)
My wish for now:
KEEP UP THIS NICE LIST!! I LOVE READING YOU ALL HERE!
Happy weekend...
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Corvin Russell