> > >Getting the advanced features to work properly and *documented by the > >developer* is a tricky thing, in fact it is an un-solved problem in > open > >source. I hope this will dramatically improve the quality of the > advanced > > Marc, > This is the key that I think those complaining about for-pay docs are > missing. By and large it seems to me that those in the OSS world are > there because they love to program. For some that is the > only reason. > There are not a lot of documentation writers in the same boat > - who just > want to go out and write documentation for some project for free. We > geeks only can document so well. (Or, rather, we _could_ > document well, > but it is not as much fun as our programming, so what is the > incentive?)
I'd like to expand on your point. I have worked on JBoss fulltime for 6 months, because I love to programming in a well designed system and a system people will *actually* use. I have worked on a lot of projects where the system was shit and everyone knew that no one was going to actually use it. Anyways, I rather spend my time programming then writing documentation. I agreed to write and sell the cmp workbook, because I want to continue working on JBoss. The hope is that the workbook plus JBoss consulting (will be advertised soon) will generate enough money that I don't have to take a contract or get a job, as this will bring JBossCMP development to a crawl. ( So, go buy a copy :) ) > I was just pointing this out to a coworker yesterday, in fact. Timely > discussion. > > $10 is nothing. $40 is just another programming book. Budgets are > really tight in the tech industry right now (in the US, > anyway), but I > think I could almost justify that amount if the documentation > is of high > quality. Once things are back to "normal" economically, that is > definite "chump change". If you company can not afford $10 (or even more) for some documentation, you have got much bigger problems to think about. :) -dain _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
