Re: Newbie docs

2003-08-21 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 03:48:25PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > One could thing to do is to every second time not to write "do not"s but > "do's. Like: "Please use a portable document format like PS or plain ASCII" > instead "don't use Word", and "Please use the term Free Software to > enco

Re: Newbie docs

2003-08-21 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:28:06PM +0100, Mark Wilkinson wrote: > Hi all, > > First my apologies to those I've offended by ordering stuff from Amazon, > and by using incorrect terminology (Open Source instead of Free Software > etc.) Oh please.. no offense at all. -- Robert Millan "[..] but

Re: Newbie docs

2003-08-21 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 02:28:06PM +0100, Mark Wilkinson wrote: > 'Hi, I've just heard about Hurd from ..., and I'm interested in helping > out. I'm grateful to everyone who works on Open Source software, > because it's free. I've attached my CV in Word format so you guys can > get a feel for

Newbie docs

2003-08-21 Thread Mark Wilkinson
Hi all, First my apologies to those I've offended by ordering stuff from Amazon, and by using incorrect terminology (Open Source instead of Free Software etc.) Secondly, yes part of any new Hurd documentation should definitely include a decent terminology list that explains why we use the term