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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2001 15:49:41 -0700
From:	tplesco <tod AT megachump DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way"
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In-Reply-To:	<20010910184411.A18127@redhat.com>; from cgf@redhat.com on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0400
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So do you think we should read Eric Raymond's article?

(just kidding!)

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> One of our regular cygwin mailing list contributors (and frequent 'agent
> provocatuer') has pointed me to a wonderful article written by Eric S.
> Raymond.
> 
> It is entitled "How to Ask Questions The Smart Way" and it is here:
> 
> http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> 
> Here's the first paragraph:
> 
> "In the world of hackers, the kind of answers you get to your technical
> questions depends as much on the way you ask the questions as on the
> difficulty of developing the answer.  This guide will teach you how to
> ask questions in a way that is likely to get you a satisfactory answer."
> 
> If you have the time, this article is, IMO, well worth a read.
> 
> If you don't have the time, and you still want to get questions answered
> by the hacker volunteers who man free software projects, then you really
> should make the time anyway and read this article.
> 
> cgf
> 
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