Hi, I have to say that was the nicest "rant" I have read in some time. I wish I knew something about those other OS's :(
Eric At 10:35 AM 12/17/02 +0800, Stas Bekman wrote: >Here at the list we have a rather sucky trend in the last year or so. Those >folks who report problems that they have on platforms that aren't *BSD, Linux >and Win32 mostly get unasnwered. Doug, who seems to know about everything, >used to respond to those souls, but nowadays he's too busy with real work. We >have plenty of folks who are kind enough to help others with Linux, BSD >flavors and Win32. So we are all dandy on these platforms. > >So, my big request is to all the folks on the other platforms, whose users >don't get their problems resolved here. If somebody posts a problem that >happens on the platform that you use, please try to help that person, even if >you don't consider yourself an expert. Many times a participation in the >person's quest helps him to find the way on its own. What bugs most people is >the silence. Also if you know somebody who may know the answer but not on the >list, please take the initiative and try to kindly ask that person to help. >And who knows may be he will enjoy to help and do that in the future as well. > >Please, stop lurking in the shades, but try to help when you see that nobody >else does. Especially if you were helped here before. Remember that you have >to give back, if everybody becomes a leech there will be no "blood" left. Also >remember that helping others is addictive, you just need to start doing that. > >Also remember that we all do mistakes. And we aren't experts in all fields. So >if your answer is incorrect, it's not a big problem, since surprisingly, >someone, who ignores the original question in first place, immediately posts >to correct you. Don't feel bad about that, since you've just learned >something. On the opposite feel good about your follow-up, because you tried >to help. > >So, if my rant wakes anybody out there on SunOS, can you please try to figure >out what the problem is with Kenny Smith's report: >http://mathforum.org/epigone/modperl/sleikrigroo > >There are many earlier questions that went unanswered, just go to >http://mathforum.org/epigone/modperl and see which posts have no followup, and >try to help. It's better late, then never. > >__________________________________________________________________ >Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker >http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com >http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com > (250) 655 - 9513 (PST Time Zone) "Inquiry is fatal to certainty." -- Will Durant
