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From: "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@goplay.com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
Cc: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Cygnus
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:00:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <36211053.5.28477@mx1-12.onmedia.com> (raw)

>That would assume that they'd read any of the posted messages before
>posting, which I wouldn't assume.  The case that needs the most
>attention (from our point of view) is when a user gets cygwin, tries
>to install it, fails, and sends email.  Note I never mentioned 
"surfed
>the web", "found the faq", or "subscribed to the mailing list".

May I then suggest including the faq with it then?

Tom

(It's not that hard to install, how can people mess it up?)
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From: "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@goplay.com>
To: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
Cc: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Cygnus
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:02:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <36211053.5.28477@mx1-12.onmedia.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990228230200.El36gvOZ1wf-qxvucl5VTXO8_DaXYWLTadJBONuFyNU@z> (raw)

>That would assume that they'd read any of the posted messages before
>posting, which I wouldn't assume.  The case that needs the most
>attention (from our point of view) is when a user gets cygwin, tries
>to install it, fails, and sends email.  Note I never mentioned 
"surfed
>the web", "found the faq", or "subscribed to the mailing list".

May I then suggest including the faq with it then?

Tom

(It's not that hard to install, how can people mess it up?)
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             reply	other threads:[~1999-02-15 16:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-02-15 16:00 Tom St Denis [this message]
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Tom St Denis
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-02-15 11:54 Cygnus Tom St Denis
     [not found] ` < 36194654.3.28477@mx1-12.onmedia.com >
1999-02-15 14:20   ` Cygnus DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Cygnus DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Tom St Denis
1999-02-15  9:10 Cygnus Earnie Boyd
     [not found] ` < 19990215171038.24284.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com >
1999-02-15 21:37   ` Cygnus Christopher Faylor
     [not found]     ` < 19990216003738.A12301@cygnus.com >
1999-02-16 10:13       ` Cygnus Steve Morris
     [not found]         ` < 199902161813.NAA05165@brocade.nexen.com >
1999-02-16 16:18           ` Cygnus Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02             ` Cygnus Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02         ` Cygnus Steve Morris
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Cygnus Christopher Faylor
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Earnie Boyd
1999-02-15  7:32 Cygnus Earnie Boyd
     [not found] ` < 19990215153239.13597.rocketmail@send106.yahoomail.com >
1999-02-15  7:50   ` Cygnus Steve Morris
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Cygnus Steve Morris
1999-02-15 11:47   ` Cygnus DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Cygnus DJ Delorie
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Earnie Boyd
1999-02-14 20:44 Cygnus Takeshi Takayama
     [not found] ` < 013e01be589d$9c73d820$783c0b93@t120.kk.wrs.com >
1999-02-14 21:11   ` Cygnus Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02     ` Cygnus Mumit Khan
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Takeshi Takayama
1999-02-14 20:17 Cygnus Ravyn
1999-02-28 23:02 ` Cygnus Ravyn

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