Re: Debian v9 it's a stretch
On 2017-08-27, Mario Castelán Castro <marioxcc.MT@yandex.com> wrote:
> On 26/08/17 20:36, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2017-08-25, Borden Rhodes <jrvp@bordenrhodes.com> wrote:
>>> I encourage everyone to check out "How to Irritate People salesmen" on=
>
>>> your favourite community video streaming site. That's how I've found
>>> FOSS support: "Best software in the world. No problems at all. But if
>>> you find a problem, file a bug and we'll fix it." "Well I have filed a=
>
>>> bug, and you haven't fixed it." "Nope, no problems with this software
>>> at all..."
>>=20
>> And you have never encountered that attitude with proprietary software
>> vendors? Ever?
>>=20
>> The difference with FLOSS is that you can fix any problems yourself. Or=
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>> persuade or pay someone else to do it for you. The choice is yours.
>
> There are plenty of sites where asking stupid question about free
> software programs is the norm, and you are not allowed to admonish users
> for not knowing what they must already know (very often it has a section
> in the manual about it). The most popular one is probably stackexchange.
>
> For example, I mean questions like: =E2=80=9CI am the manager of a nuclea=
> r power
> plant. The engineers are telling me that we are having a loss of coolant
> and core meltdown, what does that mean? Is it dangerous?=E2=80=9D
>
> If you want to go spoonfeed, then go to one of those sites.
Thanks for the suggestion. I hope you won't be offended as I blithely
ignore it.
--
Liam
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