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Re: Apache2 Manhattan Virtual Classroom



Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Cary Pembleton wrote:
> 
>>Roberto,
>>It appeared to me as though I was seeing nearly one hundred replies to posts
>>which were "tagged" with dates and times after mine. Yes I know this is a
>>community supported distribution and forum. Obviously "no one on this forum
>>is paid to support me" That statement came from pure anger "flaming' with
>>absolutely "zero" intelligence attached. Obviously you omitted to "read"
>>your own previous statement about "community supported". As to "Quick
>>Turnaround" I have had several posts regarding this sent to this forum for
>>more than 2 weeks, I do not consider a reasonable response from someone in
>>that time frame to be "expecting a fast turn around". Now  "THAT" being
>>said, if this is the kind of "abuse" I can expect from this forum, I "may"
>>do well to look elsewhere, but contrary to "your" feelings, I do not believe
>>everyone here will respond as you have in such an "inappropriate anger
>>filled reactionary" way. Now, I will say thank you for some of your
>>suggestions and I will "attempt" to follow through with them. I come from a
>>Red Hat Linux background, so Debian, seems to be as close a match to this
>>that I can find. I "will" apologize for offending anyone here and attempt to
>>refrain from any posts which might be considered angry.
>>
> 
> 
> You misunderstand my tone.  It is not uncommon on this list to find

That came out wrong.  I meant to say that it is uncommon.  People
generally understand that this list is generally considered "free as in
I will graciously accept what hepl people provide, even if it is nothing."

> people who downright expect that every person on this list should jump
> to respond to a query or question or that this list should provide the
> same level of service as a Gold support contract from Sun.  Also, please
> be aware that there are many times where requests go unanswered for a
> multitude of reasons, including: a) no one knows about the topic at
> hand; b) someone does know but does not have time/is not reading list
> mails/whatever; c) the individual appears to be "mooching."  I think
> your situation was a combination of items 'a' and 'b'.  I don't think
> 'c' applies since you are new to the list and new users are generally
> not perceived as taking unfair advantage of people on the list except
> under extreme circumstances.
> 
> My intent was not to flame to or be angry, but to simply remind/inform
> you that:
> 
> 1) if you need guaranteed results, you should hire someone
> 2) using an abusive/combative tone will not likely gain you any friends
> (the old you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar)
> 
> My apologies if I came off as angry, it has been a long few weeks for me.
> 

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto

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