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Subject: Re: Blunt Tools (was: cgf does not want private email about cygwin)
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:29:22 -0400
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>
> I find the non-answers annoying, personally. It's like taking a class
where
> the prof answers every question with "look it up in the book." I don't
> enjoy seeing other people shamed. I just want to learn about cygwin.
>

Your analogy breaks down here.  As far as I know, no one here is "teaching"
cygwin.
Everyone volunteers ( including the Red Hat employees ) their answers to the
list.
Teachers get paid and it is even their job to answer questions.  I would
also hope that they are teaching you to "learn-to-learn."

The non-answers are helping to enable you to learn cygwin by giving you more
avenues-of-approach
to find information.

John


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