I can offer Swedish translation from the english texts. Please take contact on
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (private adress). Could be a nice way getting involved.
Regards
Roland Carlsson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Ferreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Tomcat Documentation Redactors To Hire] - WAS: TOMCAT SUCKS
> i could help with translations: french, german, portuguese
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GOMEZ Henri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:41 AM
> Subject: [Tomcat Documentation Redactors To Hire] - WAS: TOMCAT SUCKS
>
>
> > > Not to get into a great big argument over OS version commercial
> > >products, but if OS projects expect to be taken with the same
> > >consideration
> > >as commercial they have to accept to be compared across the board. This
> > >includes documentation. You can't just pick and choose the
> > >battles you want
> > >to fight.
> >
> > Could we close this thread positively ?
> >
> > We all know that tomcat documentation is incomplete and we need help
> > in that area.
> >
> > Tomcat IS AN OPENSOURCE project with a big user community,
> > Jon Stevens recently reported more than 50-100k downloads / month.
> >
> > Everybody could be involved in the project, and not necessary
> > developpers. I'm sure there is around potentials documentation
> > redactors.
> >
> > So who will be interested in working on the Tomcat Documentation ?
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > >For the most part, the documentation in OS projects
> > >just plain
> > >sucks, if it even exists. Believe it or not this is one of the
> > >reasons OS is
> > >often frowned upon. Look at Microsoft, sure its close source,
> > >people may
> > >think it sucks, blah blah blah, but do you have idea how much
> > >information is
> > >on MSDN?
> > > The lack of documentation available goes against some very basic
> > >rules of Software Engineering. In the real world does this
> > >really matter? I
> > >dunno, but often times packaging and presentation, and a
> > >finished looka nd
> > >feel are the key to getting in the door and this is where most
> > >OS projects
> > >fail miserably.
> > > Because its free might be the reason the documentation sucks, it
> > >shouldn't be a justification. (not that i'm saying tomcat sucks, just
> > >argueing the point).
> > >
>
