RE: E-mail notification from AS400 -- RPG400-L

"I don't mean to show off or nothing, but I answer 1 MILLION questions a 
day..

Would you believe 500??

Would you believe 10, and a rabid bull terrier?"  Maxwell Smart.

Information is free when you ask these guys directly - go to Common and 
meet them for yourselves!   For two beers @ cuds, I know I would help jump 
start ANYONE in this stuff... I would do it for one even!  Does that make 
me cheep - well the jury is still out...

User groups are not that scary of a place where you can find out your 
information because someone has already experienced what you may be going 
through.

Information can not be ignored because it costs $$ - Just because it's free 
doesn't make it the right answer either ...

I think we need to gang up on IBM and let them know that the education 
market can actually be a marketing segment, not a profit center.

Schools & Universities have CNE, MCSE, and all these other certification 
programs available... good luck finding IBM certifications ... News & 
Midrange are filling a need that IBM isn't able to concentrate on ...

Andrew Borts / E-Commerce Project Leader
Seta Corporation
6400 East Rogers Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33499

E-mail: Andrewb@setacorporation.com
Corporate web site http://www.setacorporation.com
E-Commerce web site http://www.palmbeachjewelry.com
Voice: 561-994-2660 Ext. 2211 / Fax: 561-997-0774


-----Original Message-----
From:   Stone, Brad V (TC) [SMTP:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
Sent:   Friday, March 09, 2001 8:01 AM
To:     'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject:        RE: E-mail notification from AS400

Did I say 50?  It's getting to be more.  ;)

No, the questions are rarely the same.  Very rarely.  Especially since
situations are so different with each case.

I also try to help if for any reason to not shy people away from the AS/400
community as a whole.  99% of the time I answer the question and then
encourage joining a mailing list or searching archives.

There certainly are questions that could be in a FAQ.  But who wants to do
it.  There are partial FAQs on peoples sites all over.  I think the people
that ask for them the most should make them.  <bg>

Brad

> Both you and Brad mentioned that you both answer upwards of 50
> questions a day from people.  Doesn't that strike you as somewhat
> excessive?  How many of these questions are the same?  In other
> domains, there are excellent FAQ files listing answers to
> commonly asked questions, and people are very often referred
> to these FAQs.
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