Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!!
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 09:31:54AM +0200,
> Urban Gabor <urban@lhsystems.hu> wrote:
> > no disrespect, but M$ makes you forget thinking. (Cf the subscription! :-)
> > )
> >
>
> It is not Wintendo that makes people forget how to think, it is something
> We should not encourage this process. I see so many questions on this list
> that shouldn't be answered. Instead, the user should be told how to use
> man pages, info pages, etc. For example, someone asked if there was a package
> containing the Howtos. Instead of telling him the name of the package, he
> should have been told how to grep the Contents file, that way he can find
> things on his own instead of asking the list every time. Remember, catch
> a man a fish and you feed him that day, teach the man to fish, and he'll
> never starve again.
Or, answer a technical question and you keep your user happy for a day.
Teach him to program and you loose your job...
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