--- FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my search for knowledge and some tidbits & support I found and IRC > channel as you describe. I know at least one MDK employee hangs out > there. The problem? They are not very newbie friendly & far too ready to > kick ban ppl for "Stupid questions". I left when one of the ops got really > pissy & anal retentive. He muted the channel & de-voiced everyone who was > in it b/c ppl like me were asking too many dumb questions. The > channel? #MDK-Newbie or something similar. It was made strictly for MDK > newbs to come & ask for support/questions. > ------------- > FemmeFatale >
Femme, Jeezus, that is so outdated. I thought in the early 90's that that kind of behavior would die out. Is it an integral part of human nature to put others down in order to increase the perception that your status is getting better, or is it learned behavior? I certainly hope it's the latter. In any case, it's this personality type that helps to advance the cause of M$. I've heard of users encountering creeps like this on IRC b4, and then getting discouraged and going back to Winblows. This is exactly the reason why distro's like BSD are not at the top of the list like Mandrake is. They make an "inner sanctum" with a cadre of the "initiated few" and then attempt to maintain the illusion of an elite society by denigrating (innocent) others that ask open frank questions. It's quite repelling. IMO, mostly the result of either immaturity or a social skill lobotomy (sometimes self applied). Because of the attitude and spirit of the Linux community, they now have more apps than any other non-Linux distro. In fact the non-Linux distros have been leeching application source code (and cross compiling) from the Linux world for a long time now in order to get glimpses of the nirvana that Linux distro's provide. Mandrake more so than any others! And it's no wonder; look at these lists here and the community atmosphere therein. There is a huge cost for elitism and bigotry. --LX __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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