[Re: [KLUG Members] Are "we" sure that SmoothWall is "good"?????]

[Bryan J. Smith]

Adam Williams wrote:
> Reading 1^n message would take alot of time,  I'd rather have my favorite
> Samba/OpenLDAP/xmlBlaster/Asterisk developers swaeting away over code than
> reading those messages.

This is _exactly_ the view I got this holiday.  I've unsubscribed from
about half the lists I was on -- largely "user group" ones -- while
sticking on various developer lists.  KLUG is the _only_ LUG I'm
subscribed to now, because it seems the have the greatest wealth of
knowledge.

> Users  1.) Help themselves and then 2.) Help each other.

And most people fail to realize this.  They think the Linux community
has the cash reserves to pay people to "be nice on the phone" 24x7 like
MS.  Well, I can't guarantee you'll get the "politeness" that you get
paying MS $35/incident, but you _will_ get answers if you're patient.

I believe a survey pegged 70% of OSS/Linux developers don't get a dime
to develop/support the software they develop -- often meaning they do it
on the _own_time_ -- even though their employers often benefit from it. 
Talk about tripple ungratefulness!

> I'm pretty happy right now.  My largest project, the LDAP presentation, is
> currently standing at a 9 (positive) to 4 (negative) e-mail ratio. 

Why "negative"???  Do you mean just "constructive criticism" from "the
experts" or downright "@$$holes"?

-- Bryan

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