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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:00:05 -0400
To: "John Fortin" <fortinj AT attglobal DOT net>, <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: I guess I'm giving up on the "experiment"
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At 02:26 PM 5/16/2001, John Fortin wrote:
> > I'm kind of curious myself.  I think you might want to give it a while
> > longer for several reasons:
> >
> > 1) as you pointed out - you have a "knee jerk" reaction to answer all
> > messages as soon as you read them.  (Example: the misspelled main
> > problem: several folks might have caught that one - maybe even me if I
> > looked close enough).
> >
> > 2) Some of us contribute very little and are even learners so we aren't
> > much help, but in a case of someone not getting an answer then some of us
> > that do not speak up much might begin to speak a little more.  Of course
> > if a questions looks as if it won't be answered which would be a terrible
> > thing and is extremely frustrating for those that originally asked then
> > by all means speak up (but this will limit your responses - maybe ;-) )
> >
> > 3) As the experiment has only run for 9 days, the trend has not had
> > sufficient enough time for all folks to change their styles and for
> > others to become more vocal.  Rome was not built in a day.
> >
> > bk
>
>I agree...and maybe limit yourself to particularly difficult or non-FAQ type
>questions.


Yes, I'm going to try to do this.



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