[LBo] Comments from Mark Shuttleworth, Blog Archive, Conflicting goals create tension in communities

[Sam Morgan]

Jim Westbrook wrote:

> Sam, this really hits the nail on the head! It seems that the Debian 
> folks are only interested in attracting members of the geekdom 
> population. While RTFM may be an adequate response for some of that 
> group, it is not always the case. Sometimes the FM is woefully out of 
> synch with the production code, so RTFM just makes their situation worse 
> instead of better.
> 
I understand your feelings Jim. It touches on the timeless dilemma in any and 
all technical fields.

There is the mix of, "they are trying to make it hard on us, just because it was 
hard for them" theory. Then there is the side where knowledgeable folks get so 
tired of repeating themselves on points that they have gone through major long 
involved time and effort to try to place in the FM. Which to them, no one 
bothers to take the efforts to read, but rather whine about like little 
children, about how they are not being spoon fed and everything being made 
simple enough for them where they don't even have to think.

<insert rant>
slide rule, pencil and paper, remember formulas, but I have this calulator, oh 
uh the batterys dead, well_  uh well_ uh well_..... what is 2 + 2, any way 
anyone know? Why do they make this so hard, can't they wait til we get new 
batteries to give the test?
</remove rant>

And then there's LinuxBasics.org ... heheheh can we insert the phrase 
"shameless plug" here?

Where everyone gets to be the knowledgeable guru if they are even 5 minutes 
ahead of the one that made the request for assistance. Speaking of which, when 
out next course starts, there will always the option to help assist others with 
not only the quick email fired off, but the more effort intensive "put it in the 
wiki" or perhaps better phrased as, don't like the FM, help rewrite it"!

Sigh, there he goes again with his piddling 2 cents...
must be past his nap time he's getting cranky, lol.
-- 
God Bless,
Sam Morgan

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