To google or not..

From: Alfred Huger (ah_at_securityfocus.com)
Date: 06/17/04

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    All,

    Every now and then the topic comes up about google and people searching
    before they ask. Inevitably it breaks into two camps. One that believes
    that people post already having researched issues and people who believe
    the posters who do this are simply lazy.

    I am in the middle. On this list we have users who range from phenomenally
    skilled and people who are entirely new and have to build those skills.
    This is a community holding both sides of the spectrum. I personally am
    fine with people occasionally posting very basic questions which could
    easily be answered with some googling. It allows for people to
    communicate, build relationships and generally be social. Its my
    experience that the average set of social skills carried in this industry
    would shame a rabid dog. A little discourse is not going to kill anybody.
    That being said I still drop maybe 90% of these types of questions (and
    trust me there are allot) so I think ultimately both camps are being
    served.

    Cheers,
    -al

    Alfred Huger
    Symantec Corp.

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