JSPers, We are very, very sorry for the difficulty in ease-of-use in this release of JSP. The team is closely monitoring the list and will be fixing the problems as quickly as possible. Please stay tuned and we'll have something to you shortly after JavaOne. Thanks for the support this group has given to those just getting started on JSP. With improvements to usability, we hope the list can stay as one forum that is useful for all participants. Thanks, Connie > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:11:33 -0700 > From: Vincent Roderick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: JavaServer Pages 1.0 Public Release > Comments: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Connie, > > I'm hoping that you can forward this email to the appropriate people. If > you are on this mailing list, I'm sure you have a pretty good idea where the > install instructions have gone wrong and where things can be improved. > > This really is in Sun's best interest to improve the JSP site, as I'm sure > that you would love to see JSP dwarf ASP (and hence sell more servers). But > to do this, you need developer's to learn it and endorse it. For each x > amount of developer's that download the JSP implementation, a certain % of > those won't get it working because the install instructions aren't complete > and will give up. Others will find that there really aren't any great > tutorials and books on the subject....What a wasted opportunity...It's less > likely that those developer's will come back. My point is not to try to > criticize but to encourage....Think of things from a marketing point of > view. (The ASP tutorial is very straight forward and any Joe Blow can get > it running quickly....With JSP, you better come to the interest list or > you're SOL...) > > Also, this mailing list is transforming into a forum of "how do I get > started." Awhile back, Lastname Firstname (just joshin') suggested two > distribution lists, one for more advanced discussions. Maybe you want to > consider this as more users begin to hear about the 1.0 release and flood > the mailing list. I've noticed the more advanced users on this list have > been silent as "newby" mail has been overwhelming. Since I am in the > "newby" stage as well, I don't mind the email, but the more technical > discussions seem to be absent. > > Thanks for your time, > Rick > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
