> Then we get back to the same old issue with wikis -
> authoritative
> updates. Were users to be using such an article, they could
> justifiably
> feel severely pissed off were it to have been incorrectly
> updated, and
> they were led astray.
> Comes back to that Redbook "credence" I mentioned.

I cannot agree more. Especially for this kind of book. It is a step by step 
guide, where each step depends on previous steps. We really did every step and 
tested it. You cannot do anything like this in a wiki, you need authors to 
access the same resources. Just getting a machine for such a project is not 
easy, we were lucky Mike could get his hands on one for some limited time.
In wiki, you can have consistent parts, but not a consistent book. Not to 
mention tested book.
Of course the cookbook is not perfect, there are many areas Mike would like to 
improve, other areas I would like to improve, but given the time constraints 
and resources...

It helps if you go to redbooks site and give comments, they come to 
management...

===================
 Marian Gasparovic
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"The mere thought hadn't  even  begun  to speculate about the merest 
possibility of crossing my mind."

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