From: Amarendra Godbole (amarendra.godbolegmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2008 - 07:32:16 CST

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On Jan 10, 2008 6:14 PM, Nikns Siankin <niknssecure.lv> wrote:
[...]
> I get lot of response offlist.
> It seems that people are afraid to discuss these issues onlist,
> guess because of this "YOURE WHINER" or "DONT LIKE DONT USE" attitude.
[...]

I am relatively new to OpenBSD, I am merely a user, and I read the
misc list always. I do my homework mostly before posting/asking for
doubts, and IMHO, OpenBSD folks have been the most kind and helpful
till now. The S/N ratio on these lists is "very-high" (unless folks
like RMS topple it). The learning method here is very difficult - you
do your homework, and expect no handholding at all.

For people having "very less patience", and who wish to always be
spoon fed, and who whine without offering a solution (at least I did
not see it on misc), there are many Linux mailing lists around. Not
OpenBSD for sure. Now please, if you feel something is not working, or
broken, or needs improvement - send a patch to tech, and if its worth
it will be accepted (no I haven't submitted yet a single patch, heck,
I don't even know 0.5% of OBSD source code. But I am learning, and I
will take my own time).

Are you upset because:
- your patches were not accepted
- RMS paid you to topple the S/N ratio one more time
- you don't get any handholding from the devs
- reason unknown to me
(tick one, then have a cup of coffee, take a walk in the woods, and come back).

If you still don't like OpenBSD and are totally fed up with it, DON'T USE IT.

-Amarendra

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