Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 21:35:49 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Coleman <chris@bb.cc.wa.us> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> Cc: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Constructive criticism (was: bashing everyone for fun and profit) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970129212154.25662A-100000@aries.bb.cc.wa.us> In-Reply-To: <199701300408.XAA09417@spoon.beta.com>
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Alright, I have had enough. I work at Big Bend Community College. I have talked them into using FreeBSD as our campus Standard for Internet Resources. Mainly because of its reliability and availability. They also were very pleased with the tight-nit core team that puts out a reliable release every six months. Now it time for me to lend a hand. Im not that great a programmer, but I teach, and i like to write. So I am embarking on a project. I am taking this chatter about lack of documentation very seriously. Im Going to Write a Book. I am in the middle of setting up two FreeBSD machines and am documenting the things that i do as i go. I want to write a basic book that is from a user point of view. I spent six months struggling through the download and setup of my first FreeBSD box. I knew nothing about computers three years ago. I want to add to the project. This is a User Run Project. So I the User am going to do Somthing about it. Therefore, If you don't like the documentation, Write something. Even if it is just a well documented complaint. I will be accepting contributions, and criticizm and whatever helpful things you have to offer. So stop complaining about What doesn't work and What isnt documented, And do something. If anyone else is working on a title, or has anything partially started I would like to hear form them, so we can get organized and not duplicate each other work. I have put together a home page, and all my work will be open for review as I get it put together. Many thanks for all the Advice that you have given me. This list has been a livesaver many times. Chris Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us) Computer Support Technician I (509)-766-8873 Big Bend Community College Internet Instructor FreeBSD Book Project: http://www.bb.cc.wa.us/~chris/book.html Death is life's way of telling you you're fired.
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