Test -- Where have all the horses gone?

[Brad De Vries]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:40:50 -0500, David Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:23:21 -0600, Michael Hipp <michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Collins Richey wrote:
> > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:41:14 -0500, Brad De Vries <devriesbj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Here we go again. Have you checked the archives for recent threads on
> > > this very topic?
> > >
> > > In the old days (Caldera), it was a struggle to get almost any package
> > > or piece of hardware working, so there was a lot of traffic. Now, with
> > > debian, slackware, fedora, gentoo, etc. most everything works, and
> > > thus the traffic volume is low.
> >
> > And another factor is the general quality and quantity of Linux
> > documentation has improved greatly. Google can find the answer to almost
> > any question.
> >
> > As for there not being any "serious power" on this list (that
> > description never applied to me anyway), it's been a rare occasion when
> > I asked a question on this list and didn't get some authoritative answers.
> 
> Go try that on the Debian Lusers List.  There are the gratuitous 50 or
> so RTFM answers.  Then there's about 100 flames (more if you're
> obviously a newbie).  Somewhere in there you might find one or two
> folks who, despite their lack of knowledge, have at least tried to
> provide an answer (because they feel sorry for you after having borne
> the brunt of RTFM/flames themselves).
> 
> About the only questions I've seen lately (on another list) had more
> to do with Fedora's new use of SE Linux policies because "xyz doesn't
> work after upgrading".
> 
> Things really are getting better.  Now if we could just keep the
> eternal surprises (like SE Linux policy use) to a minimum.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> David A. Bandel
> --
> Focus on the dream, not the competition.
>             - Nemesis Air Racing Team motto

Sorry all, I didn't mean to offend anyone.  I guess I wasn't clear on
my original post.  I was implying (and not very well apparently) that
the list was dead _today_.  I haven't gotten any posts all day and
that's very unusual.

As for trying other lists, I've found this one to be the most direct,
sometimes painfully, and on topic.  I hate wading through the RTFM
crap.