On Mon, 03 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, David Murphy wrote:
> Quoting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> by Doug Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > As I said, the documentation project can always use fresh
> > blood. I suggest you subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so you can get an
> > idea of what's happening currently. Or, you can just use this whole
> > pointless exercise to promote your web site. Either is fine with me,
> > as long as you spend more time making constructive contributions
> > instead of sending pointless e-mails to the list.
>
> I've been on the receiving end of a previous iteration of this
> flamewar, and I don't personally see that your position is any more
> constructive.
>
> At the end of the day, if someone wants to write documentation, they
> will. If they don't, they won't. In your model, the person who needs
> documentation is assigned the task of writing documentation.
>
> There seem to be two widely held opinions on this list, and I assume,
> perhaps incorrectly, that they are held by the majority of FreeBSD
> developers:
>
> 1) The responsibility for locating available documentation
> rests with the user.
>
> 2) If the user finds the available documentation insufficient,
> the responsibility for creating sufficient documentation rests with
> the user.
>
> It seems to me that the difference between users and developers is
> that developers generally find the above opinions reasonable, users
> generally do not.
>
> There are, broadly speaking, two classes of users of any software
> system: those who use the system, find problems with the system, and
> fix those problems; and those who use the system, find problems with
> the system, and report those problems. I think of the former group of
> people as "developers", and I call the latter group of people "users".
>
> The bottom line seems to be that, while developers are greatly
> desired, users are tolerated, to the extent that they don't get in the
> way of development.
>
> This makes FreeBSD an excellent choice of system for developers. It
> makes it a poor choice of system for users.
>
> This, in and of itself, is no problem if you are interested in
> creating and using a system by developers, for developers. Good for
> you, and much success.
>
> Just don't promote it to users.
Are you saying that FreeBSD is just a toy for developers, and not meant
to be actually USED by any one?
--
Walter Brameld
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