[PLUG] Good linux book

[Jason Dagit]

Hehe...before you reply...remember that it isn't flame bait....:)

On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Russ Johnson wrote:

> At 10:05 PM 7/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >The
> >question usually is "I want to do this, HOW to I do
> >it?" not "I can do this, WHY would I want to do so?".
>
> Not necessarily. "Why?" is a very good question, and an important one.
>
>  From the original query, I take it to mean that the subject in question
> wishes to understand why they are doing the configuring they're doing. They
> aren't content with simply following someones' instructions because they're
> told to.
>
> Why do we use a firewall?
>
> Why do we configure postfix the way we do?
>
> Why do we... etc.
>
> If we stop asking why, then we're just repeating what others before us have
> done, and we'll all be in trouble when a flaw is found. One of the reasons
> we have freedom of the press in this country is so that someone will
> continue to ask, "Why?"
>
> In my mind, the why question is every bit as important as the how question.
> In fact, the why question should be answered satisfactorily, prior to one
> asking the how question.
>
> Why should I ask how to do something, if doing so, makes no sense?
>
> Just because one can do a thing, does not mean that one *should* do that
> thing. If there is a compelling reason to do it, then that may be the
> answer to the question of, "why?"
>
> I, and I assume the person in question here too, want to know why I must do
> these things, not simply that I must do them. Then let me decide for myself
> if I really *must* do them.
>
>
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