scripsit Paul E Condon: > Documenting software is like writing a good text book. The author must > get in touch with his "inner Dummy" and speak to his needs. Some geeks > have this ability, but many do not. The commercial "For Dummies" book > style is not particularly good, IMHO. I prefer O'Reilly books.
FWIW, while I personally find the `for dummies' computer books insulting and a little too smug in their antiintellectualism for my tastes, their indubitable success suggests that we could benefit from a `Debian for Dummies' or something like it. I would like to have something I could hand to non-geek colleagues which would give them the hand-holding they need to realize that they _can_ learn this, and that if they put in a little effort they will be richly rewarded. -- Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus. . Thanasis Kinias tkinias at asu.edu Doctoral Student, Department of History Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
