You are correct about the commercial aspect of jGuru - I didn't think of that. No, there is no conflict of interest (adding FAQ entries is not particularly exciting :)). No, I'm not the only one thinking Wiki is not the best choice. However, it looks like people are leaning a bit more towards the Wiki, so Wiki it is. I'll try to get the XML dump from jGuru, so we don't lose the effort.
Otis P.S. I have a premium jGuru account, so I can search (Daniel mentioned one can't search th FAQa) and I don't see the ads. Again, I forgot the regular vs. premium differences. --- Steven Rowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find it odd that the "official" FAQ for this important open source > project is maintained at an external commercial website. > > When I first visited the jGuru FAQ a couple of years ago, I was put > off by the "PREMIUM" notice next to Otis's name, and (for whatever > reason) got the impression that only paying members could access the > content. I later figured out this wasn't true, but only after having > > abandoned the effort the first time (and this is exactly when a > project can least afford to put people off). > > Otis, check yourself. It's true that you are the FAQ maintainer, but > > only you are agreeing to keep things as they are, in the face of > vocal > opposition. There is the *appearance* of a conflict of interest in > your stance (whether or not this is the case). > > In my opinion, the features jGuru provides do not win over those > available via the Wiki (especially when you consider the blaring > commercial messages you have to endure at jGuru). And the benefit of > > having a single place to go for info about Lucene puts the Wiki on > top > for me. > > +1 Wiki > -1 jGuru > > Steve Rowe > > Daniel Naber wrote: > > On Monday 20 December 2004 23:23, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > > > > > >> I'd remove the older, > >>unmaintained one. jGuru one is more up to date. > > > > > > Unfortunately the start page of it contains three fat ads, that's > three too > > much for an Open Source project. Also it cannot be searched, and > it's > > difficult to read because not only the question is in bold but also > the > > category and the name. Almost all of this is better at both the > > sourceforge FAQ and a Wiki FAQ. > > > > Regards > > Daniel > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
