RE: RTFM (was: CPYF behaviour)

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats fair enough but if everyone posted questions to this list instead
of looking at the manuals, the old inbox would get very busy.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: keith.nolan@dubport.ccs.ie [mailto:keith.nolan@dubport.ccs.ie]
>Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 3:35 PM
>To: midrange-l@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: RTFM (was: CPYF behaviour)
>
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><Snip>
>>What we have now is a list primarily frequented by people who 
>don't know things and can't even 
>>be bothered checking the available sources of information.  
>Every AS/400 site has manuals, 
>>either printed or on softcopy, and almost every question 
>asked here recently can be answered 
>>by an intelligent search of the manuals.  However, it seems 
>easier for most people to simply 
>>fire off a request to the list.
>
>
>I'm very new to the AS/400 (We used to run an old System/36 
>here) and recently just completed some introductory courses in 
>some aspects of the AS/400.  It was while on one of those 
>courses that I heard of this list and I thought that it was a 
>great idea.  I have posted several times to this list with 
>Queries that I am sure I would have eventually sorted if I 
>ploughed through some of the manuals here but I thought that 
>the whole idea of this list was to pool sources of information 
>and solutions to some of the easier problems as well as 
>discussing the AS/400 and how to take over the world.  I know 
>that you were waiting for this but the way our organisation 
>works here means that I spend only about 10% of my time 
>working on the AS/400 along with everything else our 
>department has to deal with and I would love to have the time 
>to read some manuals but it just isn't possible and that is 
>why I post to this list.  I don't force anybody to reply to my 
>queries and waste their time but!
>  if someone else knows the solution and posts it then it has 
>helped out a fellow programmer.  Well it's just how I feel 
>about this subject.
>
>Regards
>
>Keith
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