-----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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