And that was the point of the comment. :-) You're very intuitive and insightful.
I'm always open to "constuctive criticism". However, saying it's fine the way it is in certain instances is ludicrous. Just like the code will mature and refine over time, the documentation must do the same. Without that understanding and impetus, the product will fail. It's just a matter of time. I've watched the downfall of giants in this industry, including DEC, due to their inability to understand simple, constructive critiques meant to improve their products and market. They failed to embrace "UNIX", an operating system based on computing theory and automata. VMS is near-dead except for some hold outs. However, their fall was dramatic.... they went from owning the "mini" computer segment to death in just 3 years. Personally, until there is effort on the part of the project programmers, support and architects to improve their penetration (aka better documentation), it will fail over time. Simple things like polling a strong, helpful community of believers, like myself, could change this. Sending e-mails and correlating the information and presenting it to people so they know, up front, implementing SOGo is the 'right way to go', will change the tide. People need to stop sitting and critiquing and take action. Probably the first stage is to brainstorm on "how do we improve the existing documentation" and putting together a project plan for that. After that, it's "how do we improve our documentation as a whole so people embrace our product" and a project plan for that. I believe I've given the foundation for the former. Ask the community. Poll what works for OS, DB, browsers, LDAP versions, etc, etc. I believe I've been "helpful" and I'm not just 'naysaying' Peace to all! P. ________________________________ From: "Schmitt, Christian" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [SOGo] Dear progammers and architects That is the best answer that the list gotten since the discussion started. it's bad to drop the ball. 2013/7/8 Ludovic Marcotte <[email protected]> On 2013-07-07 5:46 PM, Paul Pathiakis wrote: > >Let's face it, I have enough work in my own life. I've offered some very >simple things that could be done, and it seems that people want me to do the >documentation or just be quiet. That's fine. >> Because two folks told you they like the doc how it is while you said yourself two times it was horrid and you're ready to drop the ball? I appreciate the comments you provided, but if you voice your opinion, be ready to accept what others tell you. > > >-- >Ludovic Marcotte >[email protected] :: +1.514.755.3630 :: http://inverse.ca >Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (http://sogo.nu) and PacketFence >(http://packetfence.org) > >-- >[email protected] >https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists >-- [email protected] https://inverse.ca/sogo/lists
