Re: Be nice to newbies...

amen... "@ Nilaab" <superbus22@attbi.com> wrote in message news:ELEJIJLJOIJKFAHADGOMCEPMCBAA.superbus22@attbi.com... > Hello to all, > > I don't know about some of you, but I think PHP and the rest of the whole > open-source movement is the coolest thing in the world. I also personally > think it takes a lot of effort and courage to make a transition from > proprietory Windows Apps (Windows OS, SQL Server, IIS, VB, etc.), which > Microsoft pays an exaustive amount of money to keep people addicted to it, > to something like Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP, or better known as LAMP, which is > almost a whole different world. For this reason, we need to be more lenient > toward newbies. I'm not trying to bring about a debate on Open Source vs > Microsoft, so let's not turn this into a bloody mess. I'm making use of the > best of both worlds when I can. It's like the saying, "I like the product, > but I don't like the government behind the product". > > The reason for this mail is because I've seen a lot of not-so-good-treatment > towards newbies recently, and this bad trend will grow and we will > eventually scare them away from even giving PHP a chance. There are nicer > ways to say, "You big dummy, look in the archives and stop filling up my > mailbox with useless questions that have already been answered here before" > (an exaggeration). If a newbie overlooked the documentation, put on a good > helpful face and point them to the URL that can help them. If it's not in > the documentation and it seems like a simple answer, don't belittle them > with snobbish remarks. Don't be mean. Mean people suck. One day these > newbies will be in your position and they might help you out with a > difficult problem. > > Anyway, my two cents worth. And again, please don't turn this into a > debate... > > - Nilaab >