Date: 30 Jun 99 17:55:11 PDT From: Jesus Monroy <jesus.monroy@usa.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Re: [Re: [FreeBSD Man Pages]]] Message-ID: <19990701005511.14502.qmail@www0a.netaddress.usa.net>
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Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote:
> Jesus Monroy wrote:
> > =
> > Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 02:28:16AM -0700, Jesus Monroy wrote:
> > > > Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > To my mind *one* of the points where FreeBSD is really good are=
> > > > > the man
> > > > > pages. I don't have a proposal how to use this fact for
> > > > > promoting
> > > > > FreeBSD,
> > > > > but my intention is to mention that strength of FreeBSD here.
> > > > >
> > > > Very incorrect. Just a few days ago I show that 15%
> > > > of the online whatis(1) and man(1) records where
> > > > incorrect.
> > >
> > > For one definition of "incorrect". What you showed does not detract=
> > > from the point that Konrad is making.
> > >
> > >
> > Wait a minute. Where is this arrogant attitude coming from!
> > The results plainly should wrong pages index, bad references
> > and missing descriptions.
> > =
> > Please explain your idea (or definition of "correct").
> > (Please note I know where all the IEEE papers are on
> > correct. So think this through before you popoff.)
> =
> Hey, Jesus, why don't you go fix the pages instead of "popoff"ing.
> You arrogant asshole.
> =
> In case you hadn't noticed it, your survey gathered nothing but
> yawns because you didn't proffer any help in fixing the situation.
> =
Yawns... That certainly does not seem to be the case
after the last 50 or so messages on this mailing list.
=
I think more along the line I'm stepping on toes and egos,
including yours.
> Sue has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands of clueless newbies, in many=
> cases by teaching them to read the man pages provided with FreeBSD. =
> Nobody has made any claims they are perfect, but the are a substantial
> resource and should be stressed as one of the resources making FreeBSD
> a great system.
> =
Yes, greatly despised(sp?) and loved system.
> Put up or shut up.
> =
I am putting up... would you like more of the same.
I got fixes, where are your answers?
---
"I'd rather pay for my freedom than live in a bitmapped, =
pop-up-happy dungeon like NT."
http://www.performancecomputing.com/features/9809of1.shtml
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