Everybody has their breaking point, and if somebody loses patience with a bunch of yahoos whose familiarity with an operating system has made them too big for their britches, I think it's a riot that he uses a little reverse psychology on them. They may know an OS, but he knows human nature. I think that's a far more valuable skill.
However, I do agree that it certainly does not represent the huge part of the Linux community that is enormously helpful (I have been the grateful recipient of this help from those in the user group that I belong to - PhillyLUG - and the hypersmart people I work with). I believe that is becoming far more pervasive than the ivory-tower philosophy.
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Everybody has their breaking point, and if somebody loses patience with a bunch of yahoos whose familiarity with an operating system has made them too big for their britches, I think it's a riot that he uses a little reverse psychology on them. They may know an OS, but he knows human nature. I think that's a far more valuable skill.
However, I do agree that it certainly does not represent the huge part of the Linux community that is enormously helpful (I have been the grateful recipient of this help from those in the user group that I belong to - PhillyLUG - and the hypersmart people I work with). I believe that is becoming far more pervasive than the ivory-tower philosophy.