I can't say i agree with either of you guys, and ammar the issue is not me complaining about things getting out of hand. This lecture was designed for people who do not know about SVN. I was extremely surprised to see either of you guys attend, because you are way above this lecture's level.
And, yes the whole concept of the community is sharing knowledge and answering each others questions, but you need to take into consideration that different people react and conceive thoughts in different ways. You seriously can't throw the entire manual at everybody in sight and hope they would become interested enough to pursue the matter. Also, don't forget that some people would feel embarrased or ashamed of asking newbie questions, when everybody else seems to be talking astrophysics. They would not ask questions that they need to fully understand the lecture, and hence they are actually getting harmed from this community process. The reason i voiced my opinion here is because when i left the lecture room, the only thought in my mind was that i spent the last 5 days preparing, and with your experience you managed to transform it from a basic introdcution of what is svn, into a full fledged battle of svn vs cvs. (not so melodramatic, but you get the idea). The only thought in my mind was that i would never attempt to give another lecture, because no matter what i do, no matter how much i prepare, chances are you know more, and the same thing will happen all over again. I really must emphasis that i did not take it personally, and i know that you were just trying to broaden the scope, but if i who REALLy did not take it personally is pissed about the lecture so much, what about the other guy who tries to give a lecture? Are we going to attend the lecture that somebody gives about basic bash commands, and instead of sticking to ls, cd, and mv, going to throw in background processing, process management, and signal processing in the spirit of community sharing? It's like abdalla said, we don't want to give lectures that everybody wants to attend all the time. Focused groups talking about specific matters is far more effecient. -- Al-Faisal El-Dajani Phone: +962-7-77 799 781 P.O Box: 140056 11814 Amman, Jordan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
