Hi Nic and Milt:
You both verbalised my thoughts here, thank you! I have been monitoring the
group for about 8 months and submitted some questions for which I had exhausted
other resources. I think that the key to the health of this list is to make
that commitment of not rushing into posting a question without having searched
for a solution first. This doesn't mean that the question has to be advanced
(my first one did deal with class path!), but take the time to mention what you
tried and why you are stuck...
In the name of social harmony, LET'S ALL TRY hard to commit to the above...
Jean Bresse
Nic Ferrier wrote:
> >>> Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17-Aug-00 5:29:46 PM >>>
> >And it isn't just a matter of finding stimulating
> >discussions, it's a matter of when the signal-to-noise
> >ratio gets so low that it's not useful/practical/worthwhile
> >to stay on the list. This is a relatively high volume list,
> >and saying "just delete those messages" isn't a real
> >solution. If you end up just deleting 90% of the messages
> >on a list, what's the point of staying on it?
>
> I agree...
>
> I am constantly amazed at the rudeness of so many people who consider
> it okay to spend zero time looking for an answer to their problems but
> expect a reply from the list.
>
> In other words "do my work for me - I can't be bothered".
>
> I'm also amazed by the number of people who support that behaviour.
>
> People like Milt and myself have worked really hard over the last
> couple of years to make Servlets a popular and usefull web platform.
> We have sunk effort into FAQs and tried to guide people as to the
> correct behaviour on the list... we are largely ignored.
>
> You have to remember that we are the people who are putting in hours
> of unpaid work every week to help others on this list with genuine
> problems.
>
> And in doing so we have to put up with the endless "how do I
> configure JWSDK?" questions and even worse questions about totally
> unrelated subjects.
>
> And god forbid if one loses one's temper - a deluge of mails follows
> many of which will be quite hostile.
>
> The only real reason I stay here is that I need to make and recieve
> announcements now and again.
>
> Nic Ferrier
>
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