Comments on: To help or not to help in the linux community http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/ All the stuff that goes through Vox's mind, including SF/Fantasy books, open source software, linux, security, and many other geeky pursuits. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: barrycmster http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-14 barrycmster Sun, 07 May 2006 03:15:44 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-14 Great website! Bookmarked! I am impressed at your work! Great website! Bookmarked! I am impressed at your work!

]]> By: ssbornik http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-15 ssbornik Sun, 07 May 2006 00:27:12 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-15 Very good site. Thanks for author! Very good site. Thanks for author!

]]> By: HandySolo http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-13 HandySolo Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:21:32 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2006/03/30/to-help-or-not-to-help-in-the-linux-community/#comment-13 Amen brudda. I spend a lot of time (too much most likely) offering voluntary support for a "large and well known opensource project." I've tempered the urge to just respond with RTFM to a compromise... now I'll just give 'em a link to the spot in the doc. If they come back needing clarification or help, great! I'll help. But at least then I know they tried. And yeah, there are volunteers who burn-out and "flame"-out. when that feeling is happening, time to take a break instead of making suzy in Iowa cry. That doesn't help anyone. But there are also users that are just plain chimps and should probably not be doing what they're trying to do. Sometimes you just gotta throw up your hands and move the thread to the "not gonna answer" category. Amen brudda. I spend a lot of time (too much most likely) offering voluntary support for a “large and well known opensource project.” I’ve tempered the urge to just respond with RTFM to a compromise… now I’ll just give ‘em a link to the spot in the doc. If they come back needing clarification or help, great! I’ll help. But at least then I know they tried.

And yeah, there are volunteers who burn-out and “flame”-out. when that feeling is happening, time to take a break instead of making suzy in Iowa cry. That doesn’t help anyone. But there are also users that are just plain chimps and should probably not be doing what they’re trying to do. Sometimes you just gotta throw up your hands and move the thread to the “not gonna answer” category.

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