RE: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director

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I would have to agree w/ Brandon here. I enjoy being able to help people

solve problems that I can easily answer, but this list is very very active

and it takes a lot of time to look at all the messages. I think it is a

great gesture by all the people who take the time to make this list work,

ESPECIALLY the people who spread a LOT more knowledge than they absorb. I

think we should all feel lucky to have such a valuable resource available to

us for free, and if anyone is too busy to answer my questions, oh well, I

have to look elsewhere for answers. You can't expect someone else to solve

ALL of your problems for you. I for one am very happy to have access to this

list and I don't think anyone should be considered selfish if they dont have

time to answer a lot of repetitive questions on a daily basis. (We all have

to make a living, you know?) Well thats my 2cents!


Tom Feiffer

tomnetworkauto [dot] com

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From: ownerchinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Branden

> J. Hall

> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 1:33 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: RE: FLASH: Let me rephrase my question about Flash and Director

>

>

> "Just remember everyone was a newbie once and if "professionals" ( unlike

> myself ) don't have the time to help out newbies then they are being

> very selfish. "

>

> Sorry man, I have to *totally* disagree with you here.  Some of use choose

> to help others because we enjoy it, not because its the "right"

> thing to do.

> Knowledge always comes at a price. In this case it costs myself and others

> on the list time, and hence quite possibly money to spread knowledge about

> flash.  If we weren't paying, others would be, by purchasing  classes,

> books, etc.  It is, in fact, adventageous to a certain extent for

> me to keep

> people from learning flash, since I teach courses about it.  I could just

> say "Hey, thats covered in the class, come take it to find out" to any

> question that floated my way.  I have just chosen to do otherwise.

>

> I think that J.C., Marc Hoffman, and all of the other list regulars would

> agree with me in saying that we help because we like to, not

> because a guilt

> trip.

>

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> -= Fig Leaf Software

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