From: "Tony O'Bryan" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: zoneinfo Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 19:47:46 -0600 Organization: Southwest Missouri State University Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3484BA42.569A@nic.smsu.edu> References: <65vm5l$5kv$1 AT winter DOT news DOT erols DOT com> Reply-To: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Host: sara.a24.smsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk kifox wrote: > How would you react if you asked someone for directions and > they threw a traffic map in your face? > > That's pretty much what your response amounted to. I think you will have a hard time convincing anyone who has read this newsgroup consistently that Eli gave anything but a very useful answer, especially considering that he maintains the FAQ and has never been anything but considerate and polite in answering questions. The information in the FAQ, from personal experience, does a very good job of answering all the major questions that arise in the installation and use of DJGPP. There is no reason for Eli to continually post complete answers to questions that arise again and again and again and again. Most of us are grateful for accurate references to sections of the FAQ. Neither Eli nor anyone else is required to help you. Everyone who actively participates in providing answers to your questions does so altruistically. It is both illogical and unwelcome to demonstrate such disrepect to a person who has been so helpful and courteous to all the end-users. By the way, most people I know would be very happy to receive a traffic map if they were lost in unknown territory. And all of them would read it rather than shout at the person who tried to help.