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   Jonas Maebe to Nathaniel L. Walker   
   Re: w321010full.zip   
   22 Feb 05 13:13:42   
   
   From: Jonas.Maebe@rug.SPAM.ac.ME.be.NOT   
      
   In article ,   
    "Nathaniel L. Walker"  wrote:   
      
   > I had MAJOR problems with it on Linux and to my surprise, they   
   > neglected to package an uninstall script.   
      
   I don't think there are many Unix/Linux packages which come with an   
   uninstall script. That's one of the reason .rpm and .deb packages are so   
   popular (and those are provided as well).   
      
   > So I emailed them and asked them how I may install it after googling   
   > for about 5 to 6 hours and to my surprise, I was told to stop whining   
   > and realize it's free software and if I got a problem I should use the   
   > mailing list.  Or words to that effect.   
      
   I think it's perfectly fair to suggest people to use the mailing list   
   (or newsgroups) if they have problems. Otherwise, the next person with   
   the same problem will also mail, since he won't find the answer which   
   you got via email with Google.   
      
   That does not mean such an answer should to be aggressive or deriding of   
   course, though the tone of the answer often depends on the tone of the   
   question (and we're also only humans which sometimes have a bad day).   
      
      
   Jonas   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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