[Samba] disappointed with complete lack of help.

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 09:42 -0500, MJBarber at Hearst.com wrote:
> I sent a request for help on the 21st of January....I waited.....I sent it
> again on the 24th....I waited.... I sent the same question crafted
> differently on the 25th.... I waited.
> 
> The help on this list is horrible..... I am sorry for whining.
> 
> I talk up open source regularly and I help when I can..... but, the claim
> of "better" support from the open source community because there are so
> many active people is a farce....
> 
> I see people discussing the semantics of what uptimes should or should not
> be, but no help.
> 
> So, I will struggle on my own a bit longer.
> 
> So, I thank the Samba group for a great tool, I just can't thank them for
> the help, and yes, in the past I have made financial contributions to the
> group.  Small, but more than many.
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there have been many replies to this but I thought that I would pipe in
with one more observation that is important to note...

Anyone who could post something similar to the above should have read:

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>

Craig