From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: The DJGPP Oracle
Date:	Sun, 24 Aug 1997 23:25:49 -0700
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Hargreaves, Shawn wrote:

> Am I the only person who thinks that this whole FAQ debate (are all
> newbies inherently stupid, or is djgpp just an evil plot to confuse
> them) is becoming quite a tiresome FAQ in itself? ...
	...
> How about we just drop the issue? There is no point in shouting at
> newbies, because by definition they haven't read this group before,
> so no matter how much you tell them off there will always be a
> new crop of equally confused newcomers showing up the next
> day. ...

But the problem is that these people who are complaining clearly aren't
reading the newsgroup for extended periods, and certainly aren't
interested in using DejaNews, or some other news archival service
(because otherwise they would have already found the answer to their
question).  Would one rather they get the answer of, "No, we're just
tired of people asking FAQs," or no response whatsoever?  I imagine,
considering many of them are so interested in our lack of "technical
support," that they would find the former much less preferable.

> Maybe this should be in the FAQ? :-)

In all seriousness, it probably should.

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