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RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 00:49:34 -0500
- Subject: RE: Why did you guys break EVERYTHING...
> 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 the time-honored "Squeaky Wheel Gets The Grease" effect.
--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer. Patriot.
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