Getting Started Guide - Looking for Feedback/QA

[adam hyde]

ah ok,

i appreciate you letting me know :)

adam

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 15:33 +0000, Dougie Richardson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> No its my fault, badly worded, I have nothing against your project, its the "documentation is weak" argument that bugs me.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dougie
> 
> I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don’t have as many people who believe it.
> 
> (George Carlin)
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 16/3/09, adam hyde <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> > From: adam hyde <adam at xs4all.nl>
> > Subject: Re: Getting Started Guide - Looking for Feedback/QA
> > To: "Dougie Richardson" <ddrichardson at btinternet.com>
> > Cc: AviHein at gmail.com, ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Date: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 6:19 AM
> > hey
> > 
> > Sorry, I saw this thread a bit late. I hope its not too
> > late to chime
> > in. I think the Getting started guide you have made looks
> > great Avi.
> > Good work!
> > 
> > I wanted to ask Dougie a question about a comment he made
> > (see below)
> > 
> > 
> > > >
> > > > Linux.com wrote about the admirable FLOSS manual
> > project 
> > > > (http://www.linux.com/feature/155205):
> > "Documentation is one area in 
> > > > which free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) is
> > weakest." That is 
> > > > what I meant, but we are working to improve this.
> > > >
> > > Don't even get me started on this.  I had dealings
> > with this project in 
> > > the last run of the Desktop Training Team and their
> > documentation is not 
> > > really any different to ours.  Its just the delivery
> > method that is 
> > > better (at least until Moin supports PDF generation on
> > the fly).
> > 
> > It sounds like you are really frustrated by FLOSS Manuals.
> > I was
> > wondering if you could say more about this? For clarities
> > sake, I
> > founded FM, and I'm asking because it seems you have
> > had some sort of
> > dealing with us that you didn't like? If I can help
> > clear this up I
> > would welcome the opportunity. My apologies if I have
> > misinterpreted
> > your tone.
> > 
> > kind regards,
> > 
> > adam
> > 
> > -- 
> > Adam Hyde
> > Founder FLOSS Manuals
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> > Email : adam at flossmanuals.net
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> > 
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