Cunningham's Law

Cunningham's Law states, "the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer."
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People online generally don't want to be helpful, but they do want to be smartest person in the "room".
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Best way to get answer about open source software:
Go to forum
"X software can't do Y task, and Z product can, how can it compete?"
5 ms later over a dozen answers calling you out with a detailed guide.
The Z part is important, otherwise you get one asshole that asks why you would want to do Y task and not something unrelated.

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