> I'd be hesitant to use ad-hoc sources of information > on the Internet unless I knew that information came > from an authoritative source, such as from the > engineer that worked on the product, or from someone > that is a proven expert in the field. That presents a > catch-22, because in order for me to judge the > quality/correctness/scalability/gotchas of the > content, I have to be familiar with the topic > already.
This is the essential risk - and essential value - of openly created and maintained content. For example, studies have shown a smaller number of technical errors with Wikipedia content compared with some online encyclopedias. > That is to say, there are a lot of sources of advice > on the subject of Solaris out there, but very few of > those sources present correct/clean/scalable > solutions to tasks and/or problems. People who use open source are willing to put up with these things in order to have a lot more document editors out there on the Internet, and Google to index them. The need is to get more Solaris developers / users out there and get the network effects going. Creation of wiki's would help this. But it doesn't have to be a sun supported wiki - ANYBODY can do it. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
