Evolution

[Vram]

On Sun, 2006-05-28 at 20:45 +1000, Adam Conrad wrote:
> Michael T. Richter wrote:
> > 
> > They'll often sneeringly help with the most trivial of problems ("how
> > can I SSH somewhere without having to give a password each time") but
> > they won't actually share the Deep Magic with mere peons.
> 
> It has little to do with "peons", and more to do with time, generally.
> When I spot something on the -users list that I can quickly help with,
> I'll hammer out a quick reply, and then get back to work.
> 
> Sharing "Deep Magic" is something that takes a great deal of time and
> effort, and can't be quickly done in my 5 minute coffee break.  Any
> "Deep Magic" I know has come from years of learning and mangling the
> source of the operating systems I work on, and I often wonder why others
> seem to think I should be able to impart this in a quick 10 minute
> email, or even a 120 minute seminar.
> 
> When was the last time you asked a Microsoft employee how to rebootstrap
> the entire system from a limited toolchain and the full source tree?
> Yes, I get asked this *on a regular basis* by people who think it should
> be trivial, and clearly I'm just "holding out".
> 
> Look the bottom line is that if it really *is* trivial, you can either
> sort it yourself, or I can deliver the answer in 5 minutes.  If it's
> *not* trivial, I'm not hording knowlege, I'm just not always available
> to be everyone's personal guide to hacker fame and fortune.
> 
> I sometimes feel as though the (really awesome) free support provided by
> free distributions and their user mailing lists leads to some pretty
> crazy expectations by the supportee at times.  I'm not here to tutor
> your CS degree, I'm here to help make sure that your user experience
> doesn't suck with the software I invest time and effort in.
> 
> ... Adam
> 
> 

Thanks for meaningful reply..   8^))

I agree...

Time is everything...

Thanks again

Vram