[Ilugc] [OT] Reply for mail - newbies and FOSS-reg
- From: arunpalaniappan.mek@xxxxxxxxx (ARUN PALANIAPPAN)
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:18:53 +0530
Dear Sir,
2013/9/16 Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com>
We can discuss this ad infinitum. The newbie expectation (from my
perspective) is that senior/experienced users must bend / bow to them,
hold their hands and spoon feed them.
Newbies never expect answerers to bend or bow. All they expect is Answer /
Solution to their Questions / Problems.
Infact, if your answer satisfies their needs, they will repesct their
seniors more.
You go through the archives and you will find people posing questions
and then disappearing when more information is sought from them.
Yes. It happens.
But, people ask questions here just because they are not aware. All those
who ask Questions are not experts in Computer. (Some may be new to computer
itself). They may not be able to answer you completely.
In case you need more information for attempting to resolve the issue, you
may provide them with a guideline on how to get that EXTRA information.
For instance, when you go to a mechanic shop for repairing your car / bike,
you just tell him / her about the problem in your own language... Or as if
what you know.
And he will never ask you back details of technical specifications. Rather
he will ask you and get answers from you in yiur own understanding.
Is this applicable only for them?
A few have been "fearless" and their knowledge base has blossomed, if
this is their "fear" then IMO they should stick with whatever OS they
are comfortable with.
Then, May I request you to kindly brief me the purpose of Install Fests,
SFD, etc?
They are switching to Linux for their *own*
benefit
None in the world had switched to anything for the benefit of humanity nor
benefit of world. Infact, even researchers switch things to experiment and
find whether that is beneficial.
They are not doing FOSS any favor by switching
to Linux/*BSD.
Do you mean that everyone who switches over to Linux must do something to
FOSS ?
If that is the case, should those who did not contribute switch back to
Nasty windows? Again then, what is the aim of FOSS and where is it heading?
Final Question...
Suppose some enthusiastic homemaker switches over to Linux, do you expect
him / her to learn Software Engineering to solve the problems? What type of
contribution do you expect?
P.S: In case this mailing list is meant only for Software professionals /
Linux career enthusiastics, I request you to kindly intimate me the same
and, unsubscribe me from this list.
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Regards,
ARUN P
A Tailor?s mistake is a Fashion But, An Engineer?s mistake is a Disaster.
"Preserve the earth; Else we will perish"
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