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From: "Rocky Hurley" <kr4pz@cacs.net>
To: "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org>
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Subject: RE: PPP question..... With an Observation 
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Actually Brian, since you are the self proclaimed expert, YOU need to be
writting the documentation while I read and learn FreeBSD from it. That
way, you write it, I alpha test it

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Somers
> Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 12:33 PM
> To: Rocky Hurley
> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions
> Subject: Re: PPP question..... With an Observation
>
>
> [.....]
> > statement. I have now installed 2.2.7 37 times, yes, *thirty
> seven* times
> > since Saturday on this laptop and I still have to come to microsuk$ to
> > write this message. Why?
> > Because of this kind of Crap. I have come to the conclusion
> that FreeBSD
> > is the best OS out there, cause even when it will not install
> completely,
> > I can still access it and do simple stuff in it.
> [.....]
>
> If you're still so keen on FreeBSD after having such teething
> problems, it looks like you should join the documentation project.
>
> Check out www.FreeBSD.org for details.
>
> Honestly, I've heard many people complain about the documentation,
> and even seen some do something about it.  People still complain...
>
> Unix has lots of strengths, and with those strengths comes the
> requirement that the administrator knows what to do and how things
> work.  Historically, Unix presents this information in a rather terse
> but precise format.
>
> When the administrator becomes more ``expert'', the documentation
> becomes more useful as they can search for the right things and
> discover the specifics.  I suspect this is the way FreeBSD will
> remain (or at least I hope it is).
>
> The alternative is the M$ approach - I've never found any of their
> help screens of the slightest bit of use !
>
> > --
> > Rocky Hurley
> > KR4PZ
> > Web Page:
> > www.cudenver.edu/~rhurley/bbq.html
>
>
> --
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
>       <http://www.Awfulhak.org>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
>
>
>
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