Re: Thanks

[Sean Murphy <murphy erim-int com>]

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Have fun with Gnome & Linux!

"Mark M. Wilson" wrote:

> I appreciate your kind words, Jack.  I'm pretty sure I'm not an idiot,
> but admittedly I'm not a programmer, either! But some of these folks
> just can't be bothered, like you say.  I need to find the right forum of
> assistance for my level of use.  I got to be fairly proficient with
> DOS/Windows before I decided to make this switchover, so I feel like
> somewhere there has to be a collection of similar souls who are trying
> to work this out.  I read more and more lately about how more people are
> going Linux, and that greater efforts are being made all the time to
> facilitate this.  You'd think some of the code wizards would ask
> themselves why they're bothering if they're only going to alienate the
> people they're attracting.
>
> "jack wallen, jr" wrote:
> >
> > mark,
> >
> > i just wanted to let you know that there are some of us who appreciate and
> > respect the newbie.  i myself have been working with linux for about 3
> > years  and still concider myself a newbie.
> >
> > one thing you have to understand (and i am not by any means defending
> > anyone's words or actions) is that people of this level (gnome developers
> > for instance) deal with their subjects at a certain speed and appreciation
> > and have a great deal of trouble bringing it down to a new user level.
> > many new users are offended by this and can not understand why this is
> > happening.  most of the 'offenders' do not mean any harm...they just don't
> > realize that they are hurting people in the process.
> >
> > anyway...i hope you are not totally put off and know that there are plenty
> > of people more than willing to help. ;-)  i am certainly one of them (if
> > i'm able that is).
> >
> > --jack wallen, jr--------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------i laugh in the face of danger----------------------------------
> > ---------------then hide until it goes away------------------------------
>
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