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Date:      Thu, 3 May 2001 01:54:18 -0500
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: VPN
Message-ID:  <15089.154.500208.636231@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <79820031@toto.iv>

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Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> types:
> Why is there a need for something as weird as DocBook anyway ??
> like why not use common or garden variety html ??

For the same reason that one uses FreeBSD, instead something common or
garden variety like Windows - to use the best available tool for the
job.

=09<mike

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Peters" <wes@softweyr.com>
> To: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au>
> Cc: "Jes=FAs Arn=E1iz" <arnaiz@encomix.es>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:12 PM
> Subject: Re: VPN
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> > Doug Young wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually I've published my own notes as part of the Pedantic Free=
BSD
> rather
> > > than get involved with the official documentation project. I was
> subscribed
> > > to the docs list for a while but found the level of conversation =
so far
> over
> > > my head it was pointless being subscribed. I'll have another look=
 there
> > > after the next update of Pedantic FreeBSD in a week or two in the=
 hope
> that
> > > someone is speaking english (rather than martian or whatever).
> >
> > DocBook, which is much stranger than Martian.  I'm sure if you ask
> politely,
> > someone will be more than willing to help you with the DocBook part=
s.
> There
> > are probably even willing volunteers who will do much of the work, =
given
> > simple text or HTML to start from.
> >
> > --
> >             "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> >
> > Wes Peters
> Softweyr LLC
> > wes@softweyr.com
> http://softweyr.com/
> >
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> >
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