On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:25:48AM -0500, Adam M. wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > >Hi DD folks, > >Sarge is now approaching zero kelvin and folks are scrambing to get the > >last few bugs squashed. I was recently thinking about why the non-clued > >folks bash Debian with incomplete or inaccurate facts and a way to > >address that. I think there should be a section on the main page that > >contains links to cluefull faq to clear the FUD and to shed light on > > > > > That would imply we actually care about the FUD. Having an in-your-face > FAQ about all these points would be OK, but people spreading the FUD > would not care regardless. > > There is a group of people that will not read any manual, but think they > still know everything regardless. They will look at > stable/testing/unstable and proclaim from the bottom of their orifices > that they know what these stand for. They will ignore the Debian > Reference at > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html even > though it is two clicks away from the main page (click on Docs then the > Debian Reference). > > So the bottom line is people that listen/spreading FUD will probably not > be addressed by this FAQ because they are not interested in reading > documentation in the first place. >
However, a single URL to refer to in anti-FUD responses is better than telling people (perhaps open-minded management) to click all over the Debian website. regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
