On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:31:21PM -0500, David Robinow wrote: >Andrew DeFaria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>It is indeed a natural assumption that the phrase "to demand that >>something be done" is addressed to me, that I was demanding that >>something be done. >Andrew, relax. And pay attention. The whole thread was about people >who did seem to demand that something be done. You chimed in to defend >them. Igor is quite aware of that, as is anybody who bothered to read >the previous posts. By the way, I agree with Andrew that "fix it >yourself" seems a bit harsh as a response to an obvious newbie.
I can't agree. Take it in context with what was written. The "fix it yourself" response was in response to a somewhat rude request that a problem be fixed. It had words like "For the love of open source" "what is the hold up?" and "I'm dying here". I don't think newbie should necessarily mean clueless and demanding but that is how the original post came across to me. Remember, we are giving you gifts. Cygwin is a gift. The response to a gift is "Thank you" not "Yeah, yeah. Now I want more, when's it coming?" We're human, too. When someone seems demanding after having been given a gift it tends to rub us the wrong way. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/