[news.groups] The nature of wizards

chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) (10/04/90)

[ Followups to comp.unix.misc ]

According to russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto):
>In article <270897A8.6F6C@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>A true wizard is not only well-informed and experienced.  She is also
>>gracious and generous.  She patiently answers questions that lesser
>>beings might consider to be too "simple" or even "stupid" to bother
>>with.
>
>Sounds more like a 'slave consultant' than a wizard.

People of real stature need not be slaves to be helpful.

>Why do you use 'she'?

A better question is, "Why not?"
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>