Agreed. I am actually in the process of creating an FAQ, and hopefully others will contribute to it as time goes on. Hopefully we can all someday just point them there.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter T. Abplanalp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:58 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: Re: Apache and Tomcat > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 11:45:51AM -0400, Turner, John wrote: > > > > Nope, just trying to pay it forward. I've gotten countless > amounts of help > > from mailing lists in the past, and have been using open > source software > > since the earliest, but have never really been in a > position to devote time > > and effort to contributing what I can. > > well, i have to say i was in your camp. i am also on the qmail list > and that list is brutal on the newbies. they are big on rtfm over > there and based on what i see here, i am begining to agree with them > although i think they could be a little more friendly about it. > basically, it boils down to the biblical principal of giving someone a > fish or teach them to fish for themselves. perhaps we should be > telling these people how to find solutions to their problems instead > of spoon feeding them the answer every time. for example, if they > were to search the archives for this topic, they would find your > numerous responses to the posts and hopefully not add one more post to > the archives. > > just a thought. :-) > > - -- > Peter Abplanalp > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
