[Cialug] Re: MS

[David Champion]

IMHO, we should be help people in such a way that they learn how to 
support themselves.

Sometimes "read the man page" or "google for it" is appropriate, if it's 
obvious that the person hasn't done any research. If you don't do it 
tactfully, that doesn't help much with the "promotion" issue.

-dc

Bryan Baker wrote:

> No, I-2 says (literally copied):
> 
> "The purpose of this organization shall be to promote the Linux 
> operating system and Open Source software."
> 
> So, it mentions promotion, but never says a thing about free ongoing 
> support.
> 
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Claus wrote:
> 
>> Does the Article 1, Section 2 of the bylaws mean that anybody can buy 
>> a computer stop by the meetings to have the OS and apps installed and 
>> also receives any support they need in future for free without having 
>> to do homework (aka RTFM) while expecting that the members do their 
>> best to meet their needs?
> 
> -- 
> Bryan Baker