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Re: "Winmodems" (Support in Linux) (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Clow)
Wed Nov 18 15:19:14 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:17:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Clow <aaronc@blood.cmj.com>
To: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Jan Carlson wrote:
> It's now becoming possible for anybody who has slogged through
> it to write the kind of straightforward, easy docs that newbies
> will appreciate. But most sloggers don't want to, because that
> would devalue our experience - its just human nature I'm afraid.
I guess the "test" for people is whether or not they're "with it" enough
to subscribe to a list like this and get help that way...
Much to the veterans' credit, I have ALWAYS gotten a helpful response that
at least sent me in the right direction within an hour of posting on this
or the FreeBSD mailing lists. So I guess that's really all we should need.
Those who aren't resourceful enough to at least be able to find out where
to go to solve a problem can stay on AOL I guess...
Just curious...is anyone on this list also on AOL? 8) Sorry...
> Writing good docs and tutorials is also hard work and that goes against
> human nature too. I'm as lazy as most, I admit.
Most computer users are, actually. I've heard that's a requirement for
being a computer nut -- it helps you want to make things as efficient as
possible. I guess those guys in Redmond must be real over-achievers!
> It's a lot harder to read a book through a browser though, so I'd
> suggest that book as being an absolute requirement for newbies
> installing Redhat.
How do I read a book through a browser? Is there some kind of conversion I
have to do? Can I just stick the book in my scanner or my disk drive? ;)
> I find it fascinating.
Absolutely!! I haven't been this excited about computers since I got my
first PC! Linux and FreeBSD have been a real godsend to me.
Aaron
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