Point taken. That's what I get for reading a lot of online comics, and *then*
posting to the AOLserver mailing list. Dang, I've got to remember to do that
the other way around...
Kris Rehberg wrote:
> 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
> >
