From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 12 12:20:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from tardis.patho.gen.nz (tardis.patho.gen.nz [203.97.2.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71FA37BE58 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:20:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jabley@tardis.patho.gen.nz) Received: (from jabley@localhost) by tardis.patho.gen.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA20748; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:19:45 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:19:43 +1300 From: Joe Abley To: Dennis Cc: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead? Well, not in theory... Message-ID: <20000313091940.B18713@patho.gen.nz> References: <20000312083736.A27614@patho.gen.nz> <200003101840.NAA12885@etinc.com> <200003111841.NAA17534@etinc.com> <20000312083736.A27614@patho.gen.nz> <20000312193205.W68308@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <200003122012.PAA00812@etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200003122012.PAA00812@etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 03:44:04AM -0500 X-Files: the Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 03:44:04AM -0500, Dennis wrote: > At 07:32 PM 3/12/00 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > >That's also why I am wasting my time slowly documenting the FreeBSD > >internals in my spare time. > > "slowly" is the key word here. Real products are documented before they are > in commercial use. Plus by the time you're done they will be > outdated...another common problem. I have yet to find a "real product" with good documentation. > Why are you arguing this point? Is there anyone that believes that Linux > and FreeBSD are well documented? Yes. > Please. The books are out of date before they hit the stores. Books? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message