On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Eric Gillespie, Jr. wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 09:31:54AM +0200, > Urban Gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no disrespect, but M$ makes you forget thinking. (Cf the subscription! :-) > > ) > > > > It is not Wintendo that makes people forget how to think, it is something > We should not encourage this process. I see so many questions on this list > that shouldn't be answered. Instead, the user should be told how to use > man pages, info pages, etc. For example, someone asked if there was a package > containing the Howtos. Instead of telling him the name of the package, he > should have been told how to grep the Contents file, that way he can find > things on his own instead of asking the list every time. Remember, catch > a man a fish and you feed him that day, teach the man to fish, and he'll > never starve again.
Or, answer a technical question and you keep your user happy for a day. Teach him to program and you loose your job...
