On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 07:19:19PM +0800, Katipo wrote: > Nick Jacobs wrote: > >--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>1) Look at http://www.debian.org/doc/ > >>2) The competition at debian.org pretty much kills > >>the dead tree book market, IMHO. > > > > > >I agree with (1) but not with (2). > >Firstly, I'd pay to get some of the material on > >http://www.debian.org/doc/ in the form of a printed, > >bound book; a book is more convenient to read and > >tires the eyes less. > > > >Secondly, the printed-book market is competitive. > >Write something unclear or badly organised, and your > >book probably won't get published, or if it does, it > >won't sell. That applies much less to free, on-line > >documentation because there's always a shortage of it > >- most programmers don't like to write documentation. > >So the general standard of organisation and clarity > >tends to be higher in printed books than on > >http://www.debian.org/doc/. This is not to denigrate > >the fine job that people have done on that resource, > >of course; I'm just pointing out that the constraints > >under which they work are different from those of the > >printed book market. > > > > > Also, when you want to find out why your PC/system is down, a book is > much more useful than inaccessible on line docs. > Regards, > > David. >
Old computers that don't support the latest Windoze are still quite adequate for access to the web. Find one in a friend's closet, or buy one from a junk dealer. Install basic Woody. Use it in emergencies only. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
