Re: PPIG discuss: Documentation for large systems

2007-11-06 Thread Michael Kölling
On 6 Nov 2007, at 18:53, Boris Ouretskey wrote: Anyway to document large system it is obligatory to use wiki pages (and a lot of time of cause) and give all the company an opportunity to participate in the process. Wiki? Obligatory?? I don't believe in wikis at all. I know there is

Re: PPIG discuss: Documentation for large systems

2007-12-08 Thread Michael Kölling
On 6 Nov 2007, at 19:25, Boris Ouretskey wrote: You are welcome to visit www.wikipedia.org and convince yourself that is far away from being myth. That's an entirely different use case. That does not prove anything about wikis for managing projects or creating documentation. There are

Re: PPIG discuss: Programmer education ain't what it used to be

2008-01-15 Thread Michael Kölling
On 15 Jan 2008, at 13:45, Walter Milner wrote: 5. Java is usually offered as a first language because it sounds good and applicants equate enrolling on this program = becoming great at Java = well-paid employment. The fear on the part of providers is that no Java = reduced applications I