OK. Just jumping in to this one here. I have to say,
I'm with Mogens on this one.
IMHO, I think it is the "RTFM" portion of telling
someone to RTFM that is the problem.
I don't really think anyone is advocating people not
doing research.
You always have the right to ignore a question posted
on this list, if you find it too obvious to bother
answering.
What I've learned, is that sooner or later, when the
asker has not been answered, the asker will RTFM
anyway. And, they will have done so without having
been explicitly told to do so.
And, if they actually *haven't* done so, or have no
intention of doing so, then it is their employer's
problem, not ours.
If it gets to be too big a problem, just filter their
emails out.
Melanie
- "Karniotis, Stephen"
<Stephen.Karniotis_at_compuware.com> wrote:
> As someone who quotes the RTFM for more than just
> this business, it makes
> perfect sense for someone to at least do some
> research before asking a
> question that could be answered if they let their
> fingers do the walking.
>
> Yes, some of the Oracle documentation does have
> value, however, please
> remember it is a reference manual and NOT a user
> manual. For those of U
> that are old enough, remember the days of reading
> IBM Utility manuals? What
> about the PL/I and COBOL assembler manuals? When
> you RTFM'd, you new the
> product because you had to dig for the answer. Part
> of the problem with
> many of today's IT employees is that they want
> someone to spoon in all of
> the material they need.
>
> Thank You
>
> Stephen P. Karniotis
> Compuware Corporation
> Direct: (313) 227-4350
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> On Behalf Of Jamadagni, Rajendra
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:05 AM
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> Subject: RE: 10G New Features Book
>
> My dog ate my homework.
>
> Raj
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> On 04/26/2004 07:09:17 PM, Mogens N?rgaard wrote:
> > In general, and to me, the RTFM and CTNOM (Check
> This Note On=20
> > Metalink) are becoming increasingly rediculous
> (spelling?!?) to use=20
> > against fellow citizens of the Oracle universe.
> Allow me to elaborate:
>
> Mogens, I beg to differ. The "RTFM" is invaluable
> tool for telling
> someone to do his/her/its homework. This is a phrase
> with long history,
> extremely useful for breaking the bozone layer and
> shouldn't be
> discarded just like that. I agree that the Oracle
> documentation is, in
> general, completely useless for learning the
> product, but there are
> other books which can be used for that purpose.
> There is no excuse for
> not doing one's homework.
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> Oracle DBA
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