On Monday 11 August 2008, Ray Henry wrote: >There are a couple of real truths in the midst of this thread, but... > >First I want to thank all of the folk who contributed to the >construction of this latest version. I've watched bug fixes, and doc >editing as we approached the release and several have done the heavy >lifting. Thanks. Then the final tasks of putting it all together in a >form that we can use is real tedious. Thanks again. > >Now for the first truth -- both parts of it. I switched to my old 6.06 >compile box this morning, (For those of you who are curious it's a KVM >Switch) hit the upgrade available icon and there was EMC2 1.2.2.6 >waiting. A couple of clicks and my password and it's mine. > > 1a -- A running Ubuntu EMC2 is essential to understanding the > automatic release functions of the system. A running EMC2 is > the lab portion of the College course EMC2-101. Yes you can > take the class without the lab but I wouldn't recommend it. > > 1b -- Connecting that PC to the web makes the Linux/Ubuntu/EMC2 > world a lot easier to comprehend. > >I'm NOT saying here that I've given up my status as a computer explorer >for the comfort of a computer settler. I still play with patching and >compiling, and watching stuff fall face down into the mud, but what I am >saying is that an EMC2 install from the released CD is a good thing to >have laying around. It is my baseline these days. For those >comfortable with experimental design, it's my control group. > >And that leads me to the second truth. "Of the writing of books, there >is no end." We have books and books are good. Big John has recently >taken the lead and has been editing these books. Much of the result can >be seen in the docs that travel with the new release. > >I'm told that the number of authors is rapidly approaching the number of >readers. Which means that; we sell one copy, there are prolific readers >someplace, or there are collectors of books out there. > >The fact is that a book about EMC2 will never be an attention grabber >like a Ludlum thriller. An EMC2 manual is a reference document. A >comment like RTFM really is an insult when there are more than 400 pages >of formal stuff out there and thousands of pages of informal but >valuable information. I'm pleased that no one made that (RTFM) >suggestion here. > >Long ago we had reference librarians who could find almost anything you >needed. These days IRC and this list tend to serve some of that purpose >and asking there or here tends to get a link but then there's asking and >there's asking. It always seemed to me that those said something like, >"I tried this reference and that but I need some help," got a lot >further than those who haughty folk who looked down on and lam-blasted >the librarian as the stupid keeper of way old books. > >Rayh
Very well said Ray. Thanks all the authors of this great software. Even if I have had to be forceably led by the hand occasionally. :) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) When taxes are due, Americans tend to feel quite bled-white and blue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
