Koroush, while i do agree with your e-mail you must also try to see it
from Rik's point of view, they simply want to work on the kernel and in
the meantime they are getting quite a few posts asking these types of
questions, I believe his e-mail was probably written out of frustration
with the amount of people asking questions like these, Rik you must also
understand that as more and more people take an interest in linux you
will see a lot more posts such as Korush's, they figure who better to
ask about linux than the people who develop it and don't realize how
busy everyone on this list is just trying to keep up with each other, a
better response would have been to simply say that this is not the
appropriate place to ask this question, that this list is for the
development of linux and not an answer forum instead of simply spinning
off a comment like yours(although i can see how frustrated you guys must
be, especially with the release of 2.4 getting close). I hope this
e-mail was helpful in some way and did not offend anyone(this is not my
intention).
Koroush Saraf wrote:
>
> Ric,
> If these questions seems too intelligent for a novice like myself to ask,
> it doesn't mean that they were homework problems. I would encourage all
> of you to promote learning by at least sending me some pointers as to
> where to look. (other than the obvious search engines) If you are too
> busy to be bothered by these simple questions just ignore this email, and
> don't send a reply showing that you time is really less valuable than you
> claim.
>
> Regards,
> ~koroush
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Koroush Saraf wrote:
> >
> > > I have some simple questions regarding the internals of the
> > > latest release version of Linux. Please reply to this email as
> > > well as the list. Thanks
> >
> > What? You expect Linus and us to do your homework for you?
> >
> > These question have been answered before and should
> > be easily locatable on every search engine.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Rik
> > --
> > The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network
> > of people. That is its real strength.
> >
> > Wanna talk about the kernel? irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies
> > http://www.conectiva.com/ http://www.surriel.com/
> >
>
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