The Story of Little Red Hen
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Once there was a Little Red Hen who lived in a barnyard with her three chicks and a duck, a pig and a cat.
One day the Little Red Hen found some grains of wheat. "Look look!" she clucked. "Who will help me plant this wheat?"
"Not I", quaked the duck, and he waddled away.
"Not I", oinked the pig, and he trotted away.
"Not I, meowed the cat, and he padded away.
"Then I will plant it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
When the wheat was tall and golden, the Little Red Hen knew it was ready to be cut. "Who will help me cut the wheat?" she asked.
"Not I," said the duck.
"Not I," said the pig.
"Not I," said the cat
"Then I will cut this wheat myself". And she did.
"Now", said the Little Red Hen, "it is time to take the wheat to the miller so he can grind it into flour. Who will help me?"
"Not I," said the duck.
"Not I," said the pig.
"Not I," said the cat.
"Then I will take the wheat to the miller myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
The miller ground the wheat into fine white flour and put it into a sack for the Little Red Hen.
When she returned to the barnyard, the Little Red Hen asked, "Who will help me make this flour into dough?"
"Not I," said the duck, the pig and the cat all at once.
"Then I will make the dough myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
When the dough was rready to go into the oven, the Little Red Hen asked, "Who will help me bake the bread?"
"Not I," said the duck.
"Not I," said the pig.
"Not I," said the cat.
"Then I wll bake it myself," said the Little Red Hen. And she did.
Soon the bread was ready. As she took it from the oven, the Little Red Hen asked, "Well who wil help me eat this warm, fresh bread?"
"I will," said the duck.
"I will," said the pig.
"I will," said the cat.
"No you won't," said the Little Red Hen. "You wouldn't help me plant the seeds, cut the wheat, go to the miller, make the dough or bake the bread. Now, my three chicks and I will eat this bread ourselves!"
And that's just what they did.
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Cheers,
Clinton
On 9/21/06, Clinton Begin <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Don't get us wrong Richard, we're not on your case. Your points are all valid, and we want to take them seriously.
I want a solution that:>> my wife and baby need some love and attention too.
- Improves the quality of our documentation
- Improves the timeliness of our documentation
- Improves community involvement
Hehe...not all open source developers are single, university undergrads with all the time in the world. :-)
I think Larry and Brandon and myself have 3 wives and 8 children among us (well, we don't share them or anything -- but Larry does live in Montana).
So don't think you're unique or that we have any more time than you. Open Source is about sharing time to produce great software (and documentation).
The story of Little Red Hen comes to mind (and makes a good bedtime story for our kids).
Cheers,
ClintonOn 9/21/06, Richard Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>>Why haven't *you* added the section numbers?
Typical answer of an opensource geek. Sheesh I suddenly feel an urge
to write this friggin JDBC by hand after all. OK, if IBATIS works for
me I'll do the doc ;=) Just don't hold your breath - my wife and baby
need some love and attention too.
Now you guys check out the wiki/docbook thing and get off my case ;=)
R.
