Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'give this guy a break!' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
give this guy a break!
Authored by: lastobelus on Mar 09, '02 09:11:28AM

Seems to me he was trying to be genuinely helpful.

There are a lot of things about unix that are learned conventions, that people learn by being in an apprenticeship situation or immersing themselves in the unix culture. Now there are a bazillion mac users who are in neither situation learning to use unix. I think its vital for people to point out when the unix way-of-doing-things is being distorted or corrupted.

If it turns out that their view of the way-of-doing-things is not the best or most accurate and it generates a discussion, so much the better. But don't blast the guy for speaking up. How else are people who aren't hardcore geeks going to become aware of unix conventions?



[ Reply to This | # ]