Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 20:43:41 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy] Message-ID: <3706EDFD.6010D9B1@uswest.net> References: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990403204140.16872C-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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Bill Fumerola wrote: <snip> > Blah, blah, yadda, yadda. Instead of being a hero for the people try > updaing the existing documentation. <snip> > If you want to duplicate work, by all means, put it on your own website > and scream on the mailing lists "_MY_ work is better, go to > http://foo/FreeBSD-better-handbook/". > > Just don't expect anyone to 'cvs rm' the handbook (which isn't bad at all) > and import your newest brainstorm. <snip> > That would be because you are trying to replace an established work with > your pipedream. <snip> > This may sound like a quote from a jkh post, but: I haven't seen anything > tangible, just an "I don't like this", and when you've moved on to other > things, the handbook will still be here. <snip> This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about. Perhaps you'd like to read my other comments and elaboration about the IGP? I'm not trying to replace the Handbook. -- 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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