On Thursday, 11/16/2006 at 06:26 CET, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haven't the discussion gone away from the topic ? > FAQ is not official documentation and need not to be 100,00% accurate. > It can contains simplification, etc. Otherwise there will be very few > entries - the rest will be inaccurate, incomplete or nobody will do it. > > The tool and organization are not so relevant, usually FAQ is simple web > page maintained by single person or few persons. Such person puts new > [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s. However it can be wiki-like mechanism as well. > > IMHO the most important issue is nobody will put new questions and > answers. It will be empty. ...and then it will be accurate <vbg> > The same with engine: wiki has disadvantages, simple webpage has > disadvantages, but it's still better than NOTHING. This is what we have now.
A wiki for the z/VM & Linux crowd is starting to coalesce, having been kicked off at the last SHARE. The real impetus for it is the lack of comprehensive or current Redbooks, esp. for z/VM. The wiki is intended to provide more up-to-date info on Best Practices (!) and pitfalls. Those things change as change over time and we're finding too many antique documents floating around. It also provides a convenient place to consolidate The practical difficulties are: - Getting an editorial staff with spare time - Selecting the wiki software - Getting an editorial staff with spare time - Selecting the content editing tool - Getting an editorial staff with spare time - Developing a content outline But perhaps the most difficult problem is finding a [volunteer] editorial staff with time to spare to actually populate and review it. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
