The whole intention behind that posting (looking for a windows driver) is to stir up trouble on the list (or for laugh factor perhaps seeing what the reply would be). I have no problem making fun of them, if they can make their way to this list and post to it, then they should have no problem getting to www.dell.com and getting their driver. Even a non english speaking person would know how to get to www.dell.com as the information would be included with their PC. If it offends anyone that a person looking for windows software on a list that's main focus is unix drivers, then they have problems that can't be resolved on list.
You Wrote: Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:44:27 +0100 From: James Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Neomagic] vga dell laptop Well... yes. The guy was lost, but quite how he had ended up here is beyond anyone's guess. Dell, being a huge company, has a web presence in many, many languages/countries. Just typing www.dell.<your country's domain suffix> is likely to get you to the right place, then it should be plain sailing. While it's wrong to blast these guys off the face of the earth for asking a simple question, it's also unhelpful to suggest that they change their operating system to one which we could provide a driver for. Unfortunately, humour is one of those things which often doesn't translate well. Quoting Calyth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I must apologize. I admit that I was overly rude, but I mean as James > Holden > has indicated, that was practically flamebait. And frankly I was digging > through my laptop (which is the same model BTW) to help this person out, > thinking that they're running XFree86, and then got very frustrated to find > out that this person's question has absolutely nothing to do with this > mailing list. > Windows drivers are not terribly hard to find, and frankly, if Windows NT > doesn't have the driver, an update or slight search on google would yield > the result. Not to mention to know how to subscribe ot htis mailing list > would require to go through the site itself and it's pretty apparent that > it > has nothing to do with Windows NT. > As to possible help to the original question, here's a link that may help > http://www.menk.com/dod_license/dell_driver_issue.html > and I swear that it's on the first page on a google search using the string > "windows NT dell latitude xpi driver", and adding to that, dell itself does > have the driver. > If the manufacturer has the driver, why subscribe to a mailing list that > completely has nothing to do with it? > Anyways, again, I must apologise to whoever that was offended (i know it's > more than one) and I have a couple of frustrating on my mind recently and > I'm very sorry if I hurt someone's feelings. But I couldn't help doubting > the reason why someone looking the Windows driver would travel all the way > here and subscribe and ask such a question while Dell already has the > drivers. > > Benton Lam > aka Calyth > > > _______________________________________________ > Neomagic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/neomagic > -- James Holden, Leeds, United Kingdom james-at-microcosmos.co.uk In a world without boundaries, who needs Gates? _______________________________________________ Neomagic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/neomagic
