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From: jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 29 Jan 1995 01:06:47 GMT
Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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Henry Hwong (henryh@well.sf.ca.us) wrote:
: Not all people can just curl up with a manual and understand it. If
: anything, classes give people a head start and give access to a person
: who happens to know about it.
While I'll easily agree that not everyone has the ability to learn
from a manual, I'd consider that ability a necessary skill in a technical
position. I'd have significant doubts about the ability of someone who
lacked that skill to gain enough understanding of a system to be able to
diagnose anything but the most commonplace problems.
Would you hire an English teacher who couldn't read?
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