On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Terry Dawson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 09:00:58PM -0400, Bruce O. Benson wrote:
>
> > Eric Raymond sat down with me once ansd showed me how he collated/edited
> > the last
> > edition of the HOWTOs. Basically he whipped all of the authors into a
> > single format that could be easily typeset adn put up as HTML. I think it
> > was SGML....I could ask if need be. But the point is valid -- no matter
>
> Nice of Eric to take credit for the use of SGML which predates his
> involvement with the LDP by some years. What Eric added was an indexing
> hack to the LinuxDoc DTD, nothing else. The LDP has had a policy insisting
> that HOWTO document be marked up against the LinuxDoc DTD for some years
> now. I'm sure you're confusing what he said with what you think he said.
Ok, which was it? Eric taking too much credit or my poor memory? If my
description is confused, then why are you deriving an inference from it
to bash someone else?
> Did Eric also tell you how/why he didn't include non-mainstream documents
> like the AX25 and HAM HOWTO's in his effort? :) Heck, the IPX-HOWTO didn't
> even make it.
Because they're non-mainstream?
BB.
