Scott Gray wrote:
I'm immensely grateful for the effort that Sharan has put into all of the documentation she has created. I can't comment on the guide because I don't have any desire to fill out your survey (that's just me, don't take it as any form of disapproval).
None taken. The survey is there for one reason: to give people an
opportunity to tell us what to develop next. Sort of like giving OFBiz
user's the opportunity to express their opinions about OFBiz without
making them jump through hoops or exposing them to ridicule.
When I used the term book I was referring to the paper form which is an order
of magnitude more difficult to get published and a much bigger deal (it's
listed on Amazon, it has reviews, etc.).
Actually, for those who may not know this...ebook creation and
publication is just as difficult as paper publication. Anyone can
publish a hardcopy if they have a PDF (using Lulu). There are good
publications and bad ones. The devil is in the details. All that Amazon
and review stuff...that comes with marketing $$$. It has nothing to do
with the effort that goes into writing a book. Only how much money a
publisher is will to throw at a book. BTW, I've had people comment on my
books - similar to reviews. If you care to do a review and comment
either way, I'd be very happy to publish your comments. Just say the
word and I'll send you a copy.
But as I mentioned below, things like this are just something we should discuss
as a community and attempt to come to a consensus.
Regards
Scott
On 17/03/2010, at 7:46 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
Hi Scott:
So, this gets really "sticky" because the publishing industry would say that a "book" is a document
that consists of a certain number of pages. I don't remember exactly how many, but I think it something like 30+ pages.
I know that Sharan's manufacturing guide is in excess of 30 pages. I also know that she spent many hours on this. By my
reckoning, this is "news". This is the first time that I know of that someone has written a piece in excess
of one or two HTML web pages that speaks directly about OFBiz manufacturing and MRP features. Isn't that
"news"? I mean isn't that great news! Someone has taken the time to put this together and is offering it to
the public?
Regards,
Ruth
Scott Gray wrote:
I would most definitely class a book about OFBiz as news, it's not like they
get published regularly. Assuming we go ahead and slim down the news section I
would class news as being articles from a reputable news source or items of
significant importance to the community (like a book being published). If
there is ever any doubt about whether or not an item should go in there then I
think we should just discuss it here on the dev or user list as a community.
I still feel like we need some sort of guidelines for the wiki page that the
ex-news items will go into, but I would really like the community to come up
with the guidelines since apparently I'm too biased to be taken seriously.
Regards
Scott
On 17/03/2010, at 6:32 PM, Sharan-F wrote:
Hi David
If that's what the community wants then thats OK with me but I think we need
to define what 'news' is. For example is the book by Packt publishing
classed as news or promotional material? (To me its news but it also
promotes Packt)
I think if there can be any ambiguity then we need something the say what is
acceptable and what is not. If Tim has this covered then great but I'd still
think it would be good to have something written somewhere so we're all
clear on what's what.
Thanks
Sharan
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