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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/14/2012 12:03 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
> Den 14. april 2012 17:42, skrev Pedro Bessa:
>>
>> Ubuntu is far more open to external suggestions than the others.
>
> Think I'll chime in on that one. The behaviour you describe, has been
> very common in the software world in general. For instance, in many IRC
> channels for open projects, it's been common to discourage new users
> from participating. If you've asked questions that are obvious to the
> more experienced users, you've been told to "rtfm", be named as a
> "n00b", etc.
>
In economics jargon, that's called "rent seeking", and it's fairly
common outside of the software world too.

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx