If it were a software monopolist/marketing master website, they would offer the outdated/unmaintained documentation for free _without any apologies_ and offer to sell you their documentation like they are doing you a favor. They might even allow you to BUY the outdated documentation. In either case, much of it would be accurate.
-----Original Message----- From: Scott M Stark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] /. -> want you to tell about my fears .... The book is a complete rewrite of the subjects touched on by the online docs with extensive expansion of the material in all areas. The model the JBoss Group is moving to is that you get the server source for free, including its javadoc. If you want professional documentation by the lead developers you will have to pay for it. If you want free documentation you will have to rely on someone other than the JBoss Group for its development. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Scott Stark Chief Technology Officer JBoss Group, LLC xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "danch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott M Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] /. -> want you to tell about my fears .... > I think what he's talking about is the whiny kids from slashdot seeing > the quote below (from the doco.jsp page) and loosing control of their > bowels. How much is common between the current doc (which gets dumped > from CVS nightly still, right?) and the book you're preparing? > > My impression is that that quote puts a bit of a pessimistic spin on it. > There's a lot of good info in the online version, and it _does_ get > better with age. > > -danch > > Scott M Stark wrote: > > > So if this 400 page book I have in front of me, which is undergoing > > author review through Sams and will be released to Flashline next > > week doesn't constitute active maintenance, what does? > > > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Scott Stark > > Chief Technology Officer > > JBoss Group, LLC > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Sojan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:28 PM > > Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] /. -> want you to tell about my fears .... > > > > > > > >>Sorry for posting this here, but with Slashdot raving > >>about JBoss, once again my concers about documentation > >>emerge. > >> > >>What will the slashdot masses say if they are confronted > >>with the following message: > >> > >>" A free volunteer maintained manual was developed in the > >> early stages of JBoss. A more complete and updated version > >> is the for-pay documentation. This version is now somewhat > >> out of date as it is not being as actively maintained ..." > >> > >>Dont forget: those folks are pampered bitches and if they dont > >>understand, they WILL leave. I dont want them to leave, because > >>I love JBoss and I want to see it prosper in the future. > >> > >>Being a fact (you can assure yourself by reading the slashdot > >>comments) that most of the people even dont know what J2EE is, it > >>would be a pity to let all these newbies go. > >>Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is a big chance for JBOSS > >>-> if we can make them stay for a while some will eventually > >>start reading. Some of those will eventually start learning > >>what JBOSS means and eventually they will start using it. > >>What they will learn is not J2EE primarily, but it would be > >>JBoss! In a perfect world one year from now JBoss could be > >>used synonymous for J2EE ... > >> > >> > >>But with a statement like that above, ... I dont know! > >> > >>Dont get me wrong, as I said before I love JBoss and if time > >>permits (when I finished writing my diploma thesis) I will > >>do my best to contribute. Maybe I will do the dirty work and > >>start with documentation, since I believe this is of UTMOST > >>importance to JBoss. > >> > >> > >>now start bashing me ... > >>Peter > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Jboss-development mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Jboss-development mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development > > > > > _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
