[HCoop-Discuss] [docelic, ntk] Cracking down on negative balances

[johnmachine]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 7:42 pm, Adam Chlipala wrote:
> I want to make it clear that he's talking about me. ;-)
>
> I think the particular situations have to do with the fact that John
> doesn't want to have to learn basic Linux stuff, learn how to use
> Domtool, or both, to make effective use of an HCoop membership.  My
> position is that we don't have the resources yet to support members who
> aren't willing to do a little reading, and also that we clearly state 
> on
> the front page of our main web site that some level of Linux/Internet
> expertise is assumed of members.  It's "assumed" and not "required," 
> but
> folks shouldn't expect official tech support on questions that your
> standard Linux aficionado would be able to answer.  (hcoop-help is a
> fine place for such questions, though.)
>

My problem was that I was happy with our setup dating back to Abulafia 
when I joined in 2003.

It was then that we migrated to our new infrastructure that all of the 
sudden I'm forced to learn afs ACL. Wasn't a big deal for my homedir, 
but I had to rearrange part of my website structure and coding because I 
could no longer simply set files as writeable. A minor pain in the ass.

After that, we upgrade to the new domtool. Now, the old domtool... I 
liked that. Extremely simple. Except with the new one, I pretty much 
have to learn a new programming language to use it. Granted I'm a 
programmer and familiar with some languages, ML-based are completely 
foreign to me. I wasn't interested in having to learn this, read 
documentation, etc.

My point is, I have Linux and Internet experience. I've been using Linux 
for years and furthermore, have completed college coursework for such. 
Subsequently I've been using the Internet since I was young. I just 
happen to not have experience with the aspects of our new systems, but I 
had no choice but to learn them.

I'm not here to argue or bash the coop or our board. Adam does an insane 
and sometimes uneccesary amount of work for us and I am in no way 
ungrateful for this. I have no problem with him and wish no animosity; I 
was just not happy with his seeming lack of understand and "our way or 
the highway" responses I was given.

- JTS
John T. Settino
Linux System Admin /
Freelance Graphic Designer
HCOOP Member since 2003
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