RE: e-mail etiquette (was Dynamic Arrays)

[Tracy Ball <tball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am sure Scott's information is valuable, and to the point.  However, you
guys are missing the bigger picture, and that is being helpful to the
community as a whole, ESPECIALLY to those who ask simple questions.  Point
is, if we don't know an answer, then our question is always a simple
question to someone else with more experience!  I felt "flamed" by Scott's
response, and I am a newbie to the forum, but hardly a newbie to the
programming community.  There is always a way to be direct, without
offending in the same manner.  And if you can't do that, then it isn't
helpful, in any format.

-Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Landess [mailto:steve_landess@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:44 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: e-mail etiquette (was Dynamic Arrays)


>Scott tells it how it is.
>A diplomat he is not, then again I would not ask a
>diplomat for programming advice. I value Scotts advice,
>warts and all, and would miss the advice were it not
>forthcoming for want of being a diplomat.
>Frank Kolmann

I agree with you, Frank.  I also value Scott's expertise and contributions
to this group.  He may be a little sharp-worded at times, but he doesn't
beat around the bush.  You know where he stands on an issue...

I don't think that Scott was much harsher in his comments to Himanshu than I
was earlier this week to Murali (see
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200210/msg00362.html ), and the only
comment I got in regard to my post to Murali was a positive one.

Steve Landess


----- Original Message -----
From: <Frank.Kolmann@revlon.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: e-mail etiquette (was Dynamic Arrays)



PS. He makes me smile :) and reminds me I was young once.


>Message: 9
>From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>
>To: "'rpg400-l@midrange.com'" <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
>Subject: RE: Dynamic Arrays
>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:36:24 -0500
>Reply-To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>
>Unfortunately not everyone knows that if you ask a general question,
without
>doing some research on your own, that you will get flamed.  I agree that
>Scott has made tons of contributions to this group and to the community as
a
>whole, but all that goes down the drain as soon as you chew out a newbie
for
>asking an over simplified question, IMO.  Maybe we have forgotten what it
is
>like to first start using RPG???
>
>My opinion was it was an out-of-line email, but yet correct(some what) in
>it's message.  The question could have been just as easily answered by
>providing a URL to some resources.
>
>my $.02
>
>Aaron Bartell
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Buck Calabro [mailto:Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:17 PM
>To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
>Subject: RE: Dynamic Arrays
>
>
>>if everyone in here replied with this
>>much "arrogance", no one would want the reply!
>
>I didn't see any arrogance.  But then, I'm familiar with the contributions
>Scott has made (and continues to make) to the community.  If you want to
see
>a somewhat more common answer to someone asking questions about
>fundamentals, please see
>http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html  I dug the reference
>out of http://faq.midrange.com
> --buck
>
>--__--__--


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