Maybe it is the lack of coffee this morning talking or maybe it is the fact
that I have spent 4 days trying to get mysql up and running on linux(a
platform I am unfamiliar with) but I assumes this mailing list would allow
me to have contact with other users who have been thru the same issues I
have had. Apparently I was wrong. You see I am a newbie too and what turned
me on to mysql ,linux and the open source movement was the fact that it
seems to focus on the power of people and there combined knowledge. I am not
stupid and I can read in fact I have look over this manual about 100 times
now the last four evenings. I apologize for wasting anyone's time but before
I can become a valid contributor to a group dealing with a specific software
I first have to be able to get the thing running. I in fact finally got
mysql up and running last night but not one word in your manual helped me do
it. So in fact all the reading in the world would have left me sitting in
the same position. I am sorry to rant and rave but maybe if some seasoned
user on this mailing list (not the developers) would help us newbies then we
could all work together to. That is my two cents sorry to waste your time
with it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tõnu Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 4:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please read the manual
Maybe it is my depression and I see everything in black but .... please
read manual before posting questions in this list. Manual covers at
least 90% questions asked here. If manual does not cover them, we will
put new chapters in it. This is all because what we do in this list can
be called FREE support. As much I know, most of our developers are
spending 2..4 hours per day just reading all related groups and
answering questions "Error 2002: Can't connect via socket
/tmp/mysql.sock".
Also I wanted to ask everyone who gets revenue from MySQL still buy
support contract. While MySQL is free to users there are people behind
it who eat, buy books, pay for internet connection get hardware and buy
icecream to kids. This is not about home users. There are companies on
NASDAQ who use heavily different open source software for their success
and have never paid a penny. For that money you get guaranteed answers.
MySQL is free, support in this list is partially free but do not abuse
it, then it can stay free in future.
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