Rather than having the entire list membership share their opinion over and
over that the documentation "sucks", please join us and submit corrections
to the Bug Tracker, Category: "Other:Documentation", Group: "documentation":
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=103152&group_id=3152&func=browse
Someone once told me that people complain because complaining is easy and
solutions are hard. In any case, join us and contribute your solutions to:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=103152&group_id=3152&func=browse
Thanks for reading,
Kris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AOLserver Discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Michael Roberts
> Sent: Mon, 04-30-01 05:37p
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [AOLSERVER] aolserver documentation
>
>
> > I've had many people tell me, "I believe you that
> > aolserver is faster and more efficient than xxx
> > webserver, but with php there is a vast repository of
> > scripts and documents that allow me to not have to
> > reinvent the wheel to do a simple thing." Of course,
> > the end result of that logic is a sucky site, but it
> > is an example of most people I've gotten to start
> > using aolserver who say the availability of technical
> > documentation for aolserver is just not up to snuff in
> > comparison to other weaker webservers, and that can
> > have an effect on final decisions (unfortunately).
>
> This is mildly off-topic, but sometimes my curmudgeonly nature
> gets the better of me. My wife worked for a while consulting
> on mechanical engineering with GM. General Motors, not
> genetically modified... The car people. For every model of car, GM
> *does* reinvent the wheel. And the headlight. And the fender.
> And everything else in the car. The same general principles
> apply to each design, but the design is always different. That's
> why the car looks and functions as a coherent unit. The
> moral of the story is that wheels often need reinventing, even
> though you need some design guidelines from previous efforts.
>
> This is what I tell people when they use the phrase "reinventing
> the wheel." And it's not even close to germane to the
> current topic. So carry on.
>
> By the way, I agree. The AOLserver documentation sucks. That's
> because we're all geniuses who don't really need
> documentation. Periodically one or more of us gets a bee in a
> bonnet to redo or at least improve the documentation, and
> eventually I'm sure something will come of it.
>
> Michael
>
