[JBoss-user] [Advanced Documentation] - Re: Thinking about a subscription. Is it worth it?

2004-11-11 Thread parramorej
I bought a 1-year subscription back in mid-June and have yet to see an update 
available against it, over several 3.2.X releases.  From that lag alone, I'd 
opine that it's not worth it, as opposed to having bought one or two of the 
main documents.

I've had to plow thru the forums (not always the most responsive) and download 
release notes from SourceForge to find out what'd changed, if anything.

Also, if JBoss is moving to make the full doc set freely available, it would 
appear to make even less sense to buy the subscription.

The most help from JBoss that I've had was thru the initial documentation set 
and an admin class (where we had most of the same documentation set), and 
discussions with the instructor at said class.  So the admin (and/or advanced 
class) might be worthwhile.  As far as paid support, goes, we're still weighing 
that option.

All of the above is IMHO to be taken with grains of salt as needed.  Or not.


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[JBoss-user] [Advanced Documentation] - Re: Thinking about a subscription. Is it worth it?

2004-11-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
All of our docs will be freely available in the not too distant future.

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[JBoss-user] [Advanced Documentation] - Re: Thinking about a subscription. Is it worth it?

2004-11-09 Thread meatus
I think I read that 4.0 documentation and beyond will be free; a shift in the 
JBoss business model?  Has anyone else heard that the 4.0 docs will be free?

In any case, I wouldn't recommend getting the subscription to begin with.  From 
what I've seen so far (about 4 months of development with the JBoss Application 
Server), about 90% of your questions will be answered in J2EE documentation or 
tutorials that you can get for free on Sun's website.  Another couple of 
percentage points will be covered by the JNDI documentation and tutorial.  
JBoss docs, and most books for that matter, seem to cover the more powerful 
features exclusive to JBoss.  The odds are that you won't approach that pitch 
until you're pretty far down the road development-wise.  When you get that far, 
spring for the training or even support.  In the mean time, pick the funnest 
looking $10 doc and get it.

Of course, this is just my opinion from my experience so far.  Anyone disagree?

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