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From: jensen@gt-eedsp.UUCP (P. Allen Jensen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X Novice Proposal
Summary: lots of GOOD free help available
Keywords: efficiently handling novices
Message-ID: <446@gt-eedsp.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 13:53:13 GMT
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In article <21687@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) writes:
>    .........
> I hate to sound like a wet blanket, but this industry is very, very
> commercial and competitive.  People are making money from every aspect
> of it.  Finding people to volunteer to do that for which they could be
> paid, and to do it as well as they would if they were being paid, will
> be difficult (there's usually another motive involved).  I hope it's
> not impossible. .....

Its not impossible, Bob.  I have posted several "novice" questions, and
every time someone who I would consider an "expert" has mailed me a
reply and been more than happy to help me out (thanks everyone).
I also just received notice of a FREE seminar on X Windows that a
person here at Georgia Tech who is involved in the X Windows development
is going to give (thanks dany).

The X environment provides an excellent operatunity to extend the area
of Technology Transfer.  Based on the large number of programs available
under X that are FREE and well written (for the most part), I think that
we will see more and more good X based software comming from universities.
This should also establish a good base of "experts" to help the novices.

Once again - Thanks to all the people at MIT and elsewhere who have
given their time and effort to help novices.

P. Allen Jensen
X novice hoping to become an expert.

-- 
P. Allen Jensen
Georgia Tech, School of Electrical Engineering, Atlanta, GA  30332-0250
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