Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 20:43:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Development "coaching" (was Re:
Server-Panel Development Question)
Quoting Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Jaime Nebrera Herrera wrote:
>
> > You need time to learn the new way, and "some times" Mitel is not a
> good
> > coacher
>
> The code is out there, with plenty of documentation and example usage.
>
> Anyone in this community could put the time into digesting the
> documentation and writing a tutorial. Why should it be left to
> "Mitel"?
It should not be left to MITEL!
However, writing good tutorial documentation can be harder than code,
subject to more open criticism, less ego payback and has no readily
apparent monetary payback. This leaves the task to those few on devinfo
who have the time, patience, ability and financial independence and who
place the welfare of the communty high on their list of priorities. It will
take
time for more competent writers who take pride in accurate and complete
documentation for a broad audience to join devinfo.
Also, to be effective, such work needs to be in the public domain.
>From some of the HowTo's I have seen devinfo has a few of these folks.
But many of us are struggling to get our arms around what we have been
generously given by MITEL staff.
Hopefully future devinfo threads will concentrate on the details of the
architecture and incremental improvement rather than forever marching
off in all directions with new extensions cryptically explained. Sincere
efforts to explain the architecture from the perspective of different users
will result in improvements by exposing any flaw in the product. Even from
the point of view of those on devinfo who seek only profit from the MITEL
architecture, a tutorial from the outside developer perspective will
translate into broad market penetration, staying power and a payback for
the product.
Paul Miller
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