Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 19:03:02 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <370584E6.796DD2A5@uswest.net> References: <Pine.SV4.3.96.990402153139.28286A-100000@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu> <37052E56.D243D4F6@thuntek.net> <37053C70.A99BEB29@uswest.net> <370540BF.C67A5442@thuntek.net> <37054D71.A05B12B4@uswest.net> <19990403115350.S413@lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey wrote: >On Friday, 2 April 1999 at 15:06:25 -0800, Nocturne wrote: <snip> >> As for stepping on toes, I can see how this project might undermine >> the drive to get the Handbook and FAQs updated and revised, but I >> think that when it comes to newbies, the more documentation options >> one has at her/his disposal the better. I know people who've read the >> Handbook and remain totally lost. Then they read man pages and a 60 >> Lb. UNIX Manual(tm) and suddenly it makes perfect sense to them. >> Nonetheless, I'll be sure to be careful, this has to work. > >OK, I can agree that the handbook could be clearer on a lot of >issues. But why use that as a reason for starting a different effort? >It seems to me that you could gain a whole lot by fixing the >description in the handbook. And yes, you'll be welcome there :-) I think Don Wilde said it best when he said the "handbook tries to go too many places." -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey available To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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