one reason i think people fire at the list first, perhaps, is that mailman is a bit difficult to use for finding data. i find the mailing list as-is difficult to search, esp for noobs, and sometimes even for oldies like me. hence, that's why i mirror the osg list (as of a year or so ago) on a google group. i think it makes things a lot more accessible, and easy to search and find answers:
http://groups.google.com/group/osg-users other things, aside from asking people to rtfm, are to point people to the excellent quickstart guide, or the reference manual, or (shameless plug) get support, books, or a training (shameless plug number two: denver! june 11-13) from paul and me: http://osgbooks.com if all that fails, robert, and nobody on the list answers, then i think you can feel some obligation to answer. but you should lie back and wait for the built-in safeties to fail first. :) have a nice long weekend, peeps in the usa, bob On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Paul Martz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have many good points. > > I've seen this topic come up many times in my nearly three decades of using > countless online discussion forums. One thing I've learned: no matter how > many resources and FAQs you make available, people, by their very nature, > are social, and therefore value the interaction and networking more than > quickly finding an answer to an issue. > -Paul > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org > http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org > -- bob kuehne founder and ceo - blue newt software www.blue-newt.com 734/834-2696 _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
