lahuman9 <lahuman9@gmail.com> wrote:
> unprofessional. I'm sorry I happened to have worked my ass off to
> know what I know, and don't want to give it up freely. Why don't I
> just work for no money at all?

Why the hell are you here, then? You realize that a side effect of this
attitude is that your supposed "expertise" is purely theortical until
demonstrated, right?

There's a difference between "expecting" for help on a newsgroup and "hoping"
for help. Everyone needs help at some point, very often for a trial or
experimental system for which formal support doesn't exist. And if you've
established yourself as someone who basically knows what's going on - say,
by helping some others on the group - the real experts might be more
inclined towards helping YOU. People like Casper, James, and Joerg don't
get the respect they do based purely on reports of billable hours.

I've had plenty of "I've got lots of knowledge, I just don't give it away"
-type customers in the past. By the time they're in over their heads they
always have the most interesting (and educational) problems. So I suppose
people like yourself do serve a purpose, if not an obvious one.

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