-----Original Message----- From: Rosemary McGillicuddy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: This webmaster has no clue
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Thursday 27 October 2005 10:21, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > >>>Wonderful! Someone who wilfully ignores list rules himself is now >>>criticising others for breaking the rules! Hypocrisy or what? ;-) >> >>I'll second that, Margot. As an oldtimer on this list - going back >>to Mdk 7.1 - I have always enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, i.e. the >>technical stuff spiced with the occasional humor and OT jokes. Do >>you remember good, ol' Civileme ? - Especially the friendly tone >>and the non-flaming of newcomers. - Even newcomers who >>immediately promote themselves to list-Nazis ;-) >> >>Cheers... > > > As a similar veteran here, I share that opinion. > > If anything it's this list that makes Mandriva newbie friendly and actualy one > of the best assets Mandriva's got. > Without it Mdv would just be a distro (and not even the best) like the rest. > > Let's keep as it is/was: Tolerant (lightly) to OT's, ignorance, stupidity and > even top-posters (as long as they snip-down well enough). > I can only remember 2 to 3 cases of people actualy going over the top and > getting kicked/cold_shouldered in all those years. > > As a newbie I can only express surprise and shock that people are greeted like this. Until now, one of mandriva's best recommendations was it's mailing list. I can only question if some people really *do* want mandriva to be used. -- Rosemary ... as another newbie I agree with Rosemary ... the off-topic stuff has taught me more about what the open source movement is all about than the purely technical ... I'm on a bunch of mailing lists, this one is by far the best (and most entertaining) ... HK
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