Re: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...

[Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:55:25 -0400 Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:34:28AM -0400, Scott Evans wrote:
> >Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:
> >>BTW, did it occur to anyone that the rapid and multiple responses to
> >>this email -- which, given its tone and lack of specific content
> >>qualifies as a troll by any objective measure -- serve to ENCOURAGE
> >>this sort of insistent, badgering, and rude behavior?
> >
> >Yeah, this is weird.  People ask polite questions and get slapped with
> >"*eye roll* it's free software newbie, read the FAQ" ...  this guy asks
> >*this* and people rush to his assistance.
> 
> It's basically because we're not mean.
> 
> No, wait.  That can't be right.

_We_ aren't mean, just you. :}b
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