Re: Should arrogant, self-important people be encouraged to useLinux?
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 tom@tomd.org wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:34:04AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > > Tom writes:
> > > > ...bad name...arrogant...self-important...blowhard...
> > > > ...being an ass...bloated sense of importance...an ass...
> > > > ...a lousy personality...
> > > > ...
> > > > Now, execute those four simple keystrokes and add me to your killfile.
> > >
> > > Ok. >plonk<
> >
> > Ok, so let me get this straight. Calling people "dumb lazy idiots" for
> > wanting decent documentation is OK, but calling people on being arrogant is
> > not. Makes sense to me... Thanks for helping to prove my point regarding
> > why the stereotype of the stuck-up Linux user persists.
>
> So...arrogant newbie whiners should be tolerated?
>
> Let's face it, the thing that pissed most people off about the user
> who stared this thread wasn't that he mentioned that Linux documentation
> needs help for new users - I think we'd all agree that's true to
> some extent. (We'd quibble on the degree, but no one here is arguing
> it's perfect.)
I think the reason a lot of newbies start ranting on the list is because they
come over from M$ where bitching about software is the only thing you can do
(and you usually get a sympathetic ear). The idea of an OS of the people by the
people for the people is a totally froeign concept to most people. In my
experience you get people to quit bitching faster by sympathizing (I bet there's
not a single person who didn't get bullsh*t the first time they did an install)
and then assuring that the installation process is a good learning experience.
If you just pluk 'em right off the bat that's one less convert in the world.
later,
dixon
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